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The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and other stories / Robert Louis Stevenson ; edited with an introduction by Jenni Calder Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894

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Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
Subjects
Physicians - Fiction.; London (England) - Fiction.; Horror tales.
Audience
Adolescent
Summary
Classic fiction. Published in 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson drafted The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde over just a few days while confined to bed. It can't be known whether this feat of writing drove him into a fever, or if his illness inspired the feverish plot. But this background helped to justify at the time the invention of Mr Hyde, the terrifying alter ego of a respectable man, whose depravity was so extreme that his worst criminal pleasures are tantalisingly omitted from a still violent story. At first shunned by bookseller- s, Jekyll and Hyde went on to be quoted as a moral allegory and enjoyed by an enormous public. It remains a frighteningly compelling crime thriller with an enduring vision of the dark side of the psyche with an unforgettable plot which puts it at the head of its genre.
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