Penguin Classics: The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde And Other Tales Of Terror by Robert Louis Stevenson, ISBN 9780141439730

> Fiction Books > Classics Books

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

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 "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 genre: '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 story's 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.

RRP: $9.95

People who purchased "Penguin Classics: The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde And Other Tales Of Terror by Robert Louis Stevenson" also purchased...

Firelight	Preincarnate	Robot Visions	Popular Penguins: The Mind of God
RRP: $21.95	RRP: $29.95	RRP: $10.95	RRP: $9.95
Penguin Classics: Dracula	Popular Penguins: The Picture of Dorian Gray	Popular Penguins: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie	Zofloya, Or, the Moor
RRP: $9.95	RRP: $9.95	RRP: $9.95	RRP: $41.95

Penguin Classics: The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde And Other Tales Of Terror by Robert Louis Stevenson, is available now at these stores... *

* Please contact the store and quote ISBN "9780141439730" to confirm availability.