The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, second edition image
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, second edition image

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, second edition

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Robert Louis Stevenson
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. This Broadview edition provides a fascinating selection of contextual material, including contemporary reviews of the novel, Stevenson's essay "A Chapter on Dreams," and excerpts from the 1887 stage version of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Also included are historical documents on criminality and degeneracy, the "Jack the Ripper" murders, and London in the 1880s. New to this second edition are an updated critical introduction and, in the appendices, writings on Victorian psychology by Thomas Carlyle, Richard Krafft-Ebing, and Henry Maudsley, among others.
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Author
Robert Louis Stevenson
Pages
215
Publisher
Broadview Press
Published Date
2005-07-12
ISBN
1551116553 9781551116556
Ratings
Google: 5
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