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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales - Community Reviews back

by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Elentarri's Book Blog
Elentarri's Book Blog rated it 6 years ago
TITLE: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales AUTHOR: Robert Louis Stevenson DATE PUBLISHED: 2008 (reissue) PUBLICATION: Oxford World's Classics FORMAT: Paperback ISBN-13: 9780199536221 ________________________________ DESCRIPTION: "Stevenson's short novel, publish...
IntoTheMacabre
IntoTheMacabre rated it 7 years ago
The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyl & Mr. Hyde has been eyeing me from my TBR pile for quite some time now. It's been patiently waiting for me to choose it over the stacks and stacks of other choices. The reason it's always been the bride's maid and never the bride is because it falls into that unsavory ...
giuliadanieli
giuliadanieli rated it 9 years ago
I had read it for school, but I had loved it so much. The idea is amazing!!
Seriously, Read a Book!
Seriously, Read a Book! rated it 10 years ago
Thanks to Jeffrey's recent DJ&MH review series (which includes Mary Reilly and Hyde in addition to the original), I realized that I had not, in fact, ever become acquainted with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Robert Louis Stevenson wrote them. Actually, the closest I'd come was seeing Dr. Jekyll & Mrs. ...
Just Another Reader
Just Another Reader rated it 11 years ago
I only read The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, not the other "Tales of Terror", but I couldn't find another listing I liked for it with a cover. I've never read this book, but I've always been aware of the storyline. Though most of the adaptations amp up the "horror" part of the story wh...
jbradway
jbradway rated it 12 years ago
It's Jeckyll and Hyde, so even though I just read it for the first time, I don't know how to rate it all clouded with expectation as I was.This is an okay book; brief and clearly written with an original premise. Had I read this fresh and new with no knowledge of the plot, however, I don't imagine I...
Barbara L.B. Storey
Barbara L.B. Storey rated it 13 years ago
I enjoyed it, despite the ornate/period language, but it was much shorter than I thought it would be. A classic well worth reading.
N.T. Embe
N.T. Embe rated it 13 years ago
There was nothing wrong with this book. Not in the least. Why a three-star rating only then? Because it also wasn't my particular cup of tea in terms of excitement. The story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is so well-known, there's very little mystery to a story that, now that I've read it, was supposed...
Edward
Edward rated it 13 years ago
AcknowledgementsChronologyIntroductionFurther ReadingA Note on the Texts--Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde--The Body Snatcher--Olalla--A Chapter on Dreams (abridged)Diagnosing Jekyll: the Scientific Context to Dr Jekyll's Experiment and Mr Hyde's Embodiment, by Robert MighallNotes
Edward
Edward rated it 13 years ago
AcknowledgementsChronologyIntroductionFurther ReadingA Note on the Texts--Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde--The Body Snatcher--Olalla--A Chapter on Dreams (abridged)Diagnosing Jekyll: the Scientific Context to Dr Jekyll's Experiment and Mr Hyde's Embodiment, by Robert MighallNotes
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