The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and other stories Robert Louis Stevenson

Name: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and other stories By Robert Louis Stevenson
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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and other stories by Robert Louis Stevenson

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This dark psychological fantasy is more than a moral tale. It is also a product of its time, drawing on contemporary theories of class, evolution and criminality and the secret lives behind Victorian propriety, to create a unique form of urban Gothic.

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and other stories Summary

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and other stories by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a masterpiece of Victorian literature and one of the most potent and enduring of modern myths. Why has Dr Jekyll begun to associate with the ugly and violent Mr Hyde? When Jekyll's friend Utterson tries to solve this mystery he uncovers a horrific story of murder and suffering which leads eventually to the terrible revelation of Mr Hyde's true identity. Also in this volume are three other memorable stories: The Body Snatchers, Markheim and Olalla.

With an Afterword by Peter Harness.

About Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh in 1850, the only son of an engineer, Thomas Stevenson. Despite a lifetime of poor health, Stevenson was a keen traveller, and his first book An Inland Voyage (1878) recounted a canoe tour of France and Belgium. In 1880, he married an American divorcee, Fanny Osbourne, and there followed Stevenson's most productive period, in which he wrote, amongst other books, Treasure Island (1883), The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Kidnapped (both 1886). In 1888, Stevenson left Britain in search of a more salubrious climate, settling in Samoa, where he died in 1894.

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GOR011085933

ISBN 13

9781904633433

ISBN 10

1904633439

Title

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and other stories by Robert Louis Stevenson

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Series

Macmillan Collector's Library

Condition

Used - Like New

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Pan Macmillan

Year published

2004-02-01

Number of pages

312

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N/A

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The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins