Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales
"Stevenson's short novel, published in 1886, became an instant classic. In addition to Jekyll and Hyde, this edition also includes a number of short stories and essays written by Stevenson in the 1880s, minor masterpieces of fiction and comment: 'The Body Snatcher', 'Markheim', and 'Olalla'...
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"Stevenson's short novel, published in 1886, became an instant classic. In addition to Jekyll and Hyde, this edition also includes a number of short stories and essays written by Stevenson in the 1880s, minor masterpieces of fiction and comment: 'The Body Snatcher', 'Markheim', and 'Olalla' feature grave-robbing, a sinister double, and degeneracy, while 'A Chapter on Dreams' and 'A Gossip on Romance' discuss artistic creation and the 'romance' form. Appendixes provide extracts from contemporary writings on personality disorder, which set Stevenson's tale in its full historical context."--BOOK JACKET.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780192805973 (0192805975)
Publish date: June 1st 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pages no: 205
Edition language: English
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...
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 ...
I had read it for school, but I had loved it so much. The idea is amazing!!
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. ...
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...
11 years ago
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