The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

Language: English

Quality: Good

Genre: Horror, Novel, Short story, Young Adult,

ISBN: 9780141439730

SKU: BE501713941437

Pages: 224

Description: NOTE: SIGNS OF OLD BOOK. His innovative thriller, as shocking now as when it was first published, the Penguin Classics edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales of Terror is edited with an introduction by Robert Mighall. Published as a 'shilling shocker', Robert Louis Stevenson's dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality. The story of respectable Dr Jekyll's strange association with the 'damnable young man' Edward Hyde; the hunt through fog-bound London for a killer; and the final revelation of Hyde's true identity is a chilling exploration of humanity's basest capacity for evil. The other stories in this volume also testify to Stevenson's inventiveness within the Gothic tradition: 'Olalla', a tale of vampirism and tainted family blood, and 'The Body Snatcher', a gruesome fictionalisation of the exploits of the notorious Burke and Hare. (NOTE: cover page of the book is a little worn out)