The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales (Oxford World's Classics) - Stevenson, Robert Louis

Clean, tight, unmarked; spine straight and uncreased; very minimal wear; appears unread; First published in 1886 as a "shilling shocker" Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde takes the basic struggle between good and evil and adds to the mix bourgeois respectability, urban violence, and class conflict. The result is a tale that has taken on the force of myth in the popular imagination. In addition to Jekyll and Hyde, this edition also includes a number of short stories and essays written by Stevenson in the 1880, 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. Appendices provide extracts from contemporary writings on personality disorder, which set Stevenson's tale in its full history context.
Near Fine
Soft cover
Oxford University Press
2008
Oxford, UK