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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)  
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
ISBN: 1593080549
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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Book Description
“If I am the chief of sinners, I am the chief of sufferers also. I could not think that this earth contained a place for sufferings and terrors so unmanning.” So writes Robert Louis Stevenson in his psychological thriller The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a case study of what we now call paranoid-schizophrenia. The collection includes some of Stevenson’s grimmest short fiction: “Lodging for the Night,” “The Suicide Club,” and “Markheim.”

Jenny Davidson received her doctorate from Yale, and currently teaches English literature at Columbia University.





The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)

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FROM THE PUBLISHER

Idealistic young scientist Henry Jekyll struggles to unlock the secrets of the soul. Testing chemicals in his lab, he drinks a mixture he hopes will isolate￯﾿ᄑand eliminate￯﾿ᄑhuman evil. Instead it unleashes the dark forces within him, transforming him into the hideous and murderous Mr. Hyde.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde dramatically brings to life a science-fiction case study of the nature of good and evil and the duality that can exist within one person. Resonant with psychological perception and ethical insight, the book has literary roots in Dostoevsky￯﾿ᄑs ￯﾿ᄑThe Double￯﾿ᄑ and Crime and Punishment. Today Stevenson￯﾿ᄑs novella is recognized as an incisive study of Victorian morality and sexual repression, as well as a great thriller.

This collection also includes some of the author￯﾿ᄑs grimmest short fiction: ￯﾿ᄑLodging for the Night,￯﾿ᄑ ￯﾿ᄑThe Suicide Club,￯﾿ᄑ ￯﾿ᄑThrawn Janet,￯﾿ᄑ ￯﾿ᄑThe Body Snatcher,￯﾿ᄑ and ￯﾿ᄑMarkheim.￯﾿ᄑ

Jenny Davidson is Assistant Professor of eighteenth-century literature and culture in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Her novel Heredity appeared from Soft Skull Press in 2003.

     



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