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He put the glass to his lips and drank at one gulp... his face became suddenly black and the features seemed to melt and alter Published as a shilling shocker, Robert Louis Stevensons dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality. The story of respectable Dr Jekylls strange association with damnable young man Edward Hyde; the hunt thro He put the glass to his lips and drank at one gulp... his face became suddenly black and the features seemed to melt and alter Published as a shilling shocker, Robert Louis Stevensons dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality. The story of respectable Dr Jekylls strange association with damnable young man Edward Hyde; the hunt through fog-bound London for a killer; and the final revelation of Hydes true identity is a chilling exploration of humanitys basest capacity for evil. The other stories in this volume also testify to Stevensons 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. This edition contains a critical introduction by Robert Mighall, which discusses class, criminality and the significance of the storys London setting. It also includes an essay on the scientific contexts of the novel and the development of the idea of the Jekyll-and-Hyde personality.

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He put the glass to his lips and drank at one gulp... his face became suddenly black and the features seemed to melt and alter Published as a shilling shocker, Robert Louis Stevensons dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality. The story of respectable Dr Jekylls strange association with damnable young man Edward Hyde; the hunt thro He put the glass to his lips and drank at one gulp... his face became suddenly black and the features seemed to melt and alter Published as a shilling shocker, Robert Louis Stevensons dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality. The story of respectable Dr Jekylls strange association with damnable young man Edward Hyde; the hunt through fog-bound London for a killer; and the final revelation of Hydes true identity is a chilling exploration of humanitys basest capacity for evil. The other stories in this volume also testify to Stevensons 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. This edition contains a critical introduction by Robert Mighall, which discusses class, criminality and the significance of the storys London setting. It also includes an essay on the scientific contexts of the novel and the development of the idea of the Jekyll-and-Hyde personality.
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Title The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: And Other Tales of Terror Height 198 mm
Robert Louis Stevenson Width 129 mm
ISBN-13 9780141439730 Binding PAPERBACK
ISBN-10 #0141439734 Spine Width 13 mm
Publisher Penguin Books Pages 224
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