The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde And Other Tales Of
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A story of respectable Dr Jekyll's strange association with the '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. His innovative thriller, as shocking now as when it was first published, the Penguin Classics edition of Robert Louis Stevenson''s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales of Terror is edited with an introduction by Robert Mighall.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 the ''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 tradition: ''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.Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was born in Edinburgh, the son of a prosperous civil engineer. Although he began his career as an essayist and travel writer, the success of Treasure Island (1883) and Kidnapped (1886) established his reputation as a writer of tales of action and adventure. Stevenson''s Calvinist upbringing lent him a preoccupation with predestination and a fascination with the presence of evil, themes he explored in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), and The Master of Ballantrae (1893).If you enjoyed The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, you might like The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, by James Hogg, also available in Penguin Classics.''Every bit as claustrophobic, creepy and chilling as when it first saw the light of day over a century ago''Ian Rankin
Detaljer
Serie
Forlag
Penguin Classics
Udgave
0
ISBN
9780141439730
Sprog
Engelsk
Originalsprog
Sproget kan ikke bestemmes
Sider
224
Udgivelsesdato
27-02-2003
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
1542030
EAN nr.
9780141439730
Varegruppe
Fiction
Højde/Dybde (mm)
14
Bredde (mm)
191
Længde (mm)
119
Vægt (g)
170
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