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All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil: and Edward Hyde, alone, in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil.

The disturbing Mr. Hyde is making his repugnant presence known in late 19th Century London. But punishment... Read Full Overview

In this tale of terror, mild-mannered Henry Jekyll questions what it is that separates good from evil, with disastrous consequences. Classic illustrations by Charles Raymond Macauley adorn this new edition. Rediscover Robert Louis Stevenson's riveting novella in this elegant... Read Full Overview

In September of 1884, Robert Louis Stevenson, then in his mid-thirties, moved with his family to Bournemouth, a resort on the southern coast of England, where in the brief span of 23 months he revised A Child's Garden of Verses and wrote the novels Kidnapped and The Strange Case... Read Full Overview

"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is a classic novella written by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1886. This iconic work is a gripping exploration of the duality of human nature and the moral implications of unchecked desires. Set in... Read Full Overview

Published as a 'shilling shocker', Robert Louis Stevenson's dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality. The story of respectable Dr Jekyll's strange association with 'damnable young man' Edward Hyde, the hunt through fog-bound London for a killer,... Read Full Overview

The Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson's short novel, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) is a classic of Victorian gothic fiction. The story of an upstanding, educated gentleman who seeks to access his own dark sides and gets caught in a maelstrom of evil... Read Full Overview

Robert Louis Stevenson was one of the giants of the adventure novel, but he was also one of the great connoisseurs of human mentality, which is why he would sooner or later write an everlasting classic like El extra o caso del doctor Jekyll y el se or Hyde. As a lucid... Read Full Overview

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is the original title of a novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson that was first published in 1886. It is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend,... Read Full Overview

This Norton Critical Edition includes:

'...man is not truly one, but truly two.'

There's no question that The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is one of the most influential texts of all time. The now-iconic tale, which has confounded and thrilled readers for more than a century, was described by one scholar as the only detective-crime story in... Read Full Overview

"With every day, and from both sides of my intelligence, the moral and the intellectual, I thus drew steadily nearer to the truth, by whose partial discovery I have been doomed to such a dreadful shipwreck: that man is not truly one, but truly two." --- Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll... Read Full Overview

Robert Louis Stevenson explores the very nature of man in this classic horror novel.

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... Read Full Overview

Delve into the dark depths of human nature with Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. This gripping novella explores the duality of man and the consequences of unchecked desires, creating a chilling and thought-provoking reading experience.