The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and other stories by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and other stories by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a masterpiece of Victorian literature and one of the most potent and enduring of modern myths. Why has Dr Jekyll begun to associate with the ugly and violent Mr Hyde? When Jekyll's friend Utterson tries to solve this mystery he uncovers a horrific story of murder and suffering which leads eventually to the terrible revelation of Mr Hyde's true identity. Also in this volume are three other memorable stories: The Body Snatchers, Markheim and Olalla.With an Afterword by Peter Harness.

Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh in 1850, the only son of an engineer, Thomas Stevenson. Despite a lifetime of poor health, Stevenson was a keen traveller, and his first book An Inland Voyage (1878) recounted a canoe tour of France and Belgium. In 1880, he married an American divorcee, Fanny Osbourne, and there followed Stevenson's most productive period, in which he wrote, amongst other books, Treasure Island (1883), The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Kidnapped (both 1886). In 1888, Stevenson left Britain in search of a more salubrious climate, settling in Samoa, where he died in 1894.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781904633433
ISBN 10	1904633439
Title	The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and other stories
Author	Robert Louis Stevenson
Series	Macmillan Collector's Library
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Pan Macmillan
Year published	2004-02-01
Number of pages	312
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.