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“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.
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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
isolateﾽand eliminateﾽhuman 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 Dostoevskyﾽs ﾽThe Doubleﾽ
and Crime and Punishment. Today Stevensonﾽs 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 authorﾽs 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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