Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Louis, Stevenson, Robe

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First published to critical acclaim in 1886, this mesmerising thriller is a terrifying study of the duality of man’s nature. This volume also includes a collection of Stevenson’s short stories.

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Publish Date: 07/08/2022
ISBN: 9781840228359 Category: Tag:

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‘?man is not truly one, but truly two.’

In this powerful deconstruction of Calvinist belief and the hypocrisy at the heart of Victorian society, Stevenson creates a gothic icon in the divided self that is Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Born from a nightmare and anticipating Freud’s theory of the unconscious, Stevenson literalises the concepts of the supernatural doppelgänger and the split personality in a timeless tale of guilt, desire, and violence by which all subsequent ‘double’ stories must be judged. In seeking to cleanse his soul of sin, Dr Henry Jekyll instead unleashes a monster. First published in 1886, this tragic study of the duality of man established Stevenson’s international reputation as an author.

This volume also contains Stevenson’s 1887 collection of short stories, The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables, which includes a further exploration of the mind of a murderer, ‘Markheim’, and the occult tales of terror, ‘The Merry Men’, ‘Olalla’, and ‘Thrawn Janet’.  

Additional information

Weight 302 g
Dimensions 178 × 129 × 25 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

288

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

823.8 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K