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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.8
EAN: 9780141439730
Edition: Revised
ISBN: 0141439734
Label: Penguin Classics
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: September 30, 2003
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Release Date: September 30, 2003
Studio: Penguin Classics
Features:- ISBN13: 9780141439730
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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tevenson's famous exploration of humanity's basest capacity for evil, "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," has become synonymous with the idea of a split personality. More than a morality tale, this dark psychological fantasy is also a product of its time, drawing on contemporary theories of class, evolution, criminality, and secret lives. Also in this volume are "The Body Snatcher," which charts the murky underside of Victorian medical practice, and "Olalla," a tale of vampirism and "the beast within," with a beautiful woman at its center.
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Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94) was a Scottish novelist and poet who is best remembered for his adventurous fiction - including Treasure Island (perhaps the greatest pirate story ever written), and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (one of the greatest horror stories every written). This book combines three his more haunting tales. They are:
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - This story is actually something of a mystery. A lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson becomes ... Read More
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde appeared in 1886 as a shocker. It's author is Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94) the TB suffering Scotsman who died in the South Seas in a futile quest for health. Stevenson is also known for such classics as "Treasure Island"; "A Child's Garden of Verses"; "Kidnapped" and "The Master of Ballantrae". He wrote several excellent short stories. Two of them are included in this classy Penguin edition "Olalla" a tale of doomed loved in Spain and "The Body Snatchers" concerning criminals ... Read More
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I didn't like Dr. J/Mr. H as much as my husband did. But I still thought it was a good story. And it was nice to know the real story instead of how it's been portrayed in Hollywood.
The other stories in this book were weird and I only finished two of them. I started a couple others but couldn't find enough will power to plunge through to the end.
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This book includes three of Robert Louis Stevenson's best novellas. Most people are familiar with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, but without revealing too much I'll just say that Jekyll conducts experiments on personality. Hyde shows up as a friend of the doctor, but he offends anyone in his presence with his nasty personality. It's a thoughtful perspective on what people may be hiding from their social personalities and worth reading even if you're familiar with the story.
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_The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales of Terror_, in the Penguin Classics series, consists of three tales by Robert Louis Stevenson, an essay by Stevenson, as well as an introduction and "diagnosis of Dr. Jekyll" by the editor Robert Mighall. Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish writer in the Victorian period who grew up to a strict Presbyterian upbringing which would lead him to become obsessed with sin, the nature of evil, and death throughout much of his life. Originally Stevenson ... Read More
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