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Title: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
Author: STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 27/02/2003
Imprint: PENGUIN CLASSIC
Price: $15.00
Publishing status: Active
‘Every bit as claustrophobic, creepy and chilling as when it first saw the light of day over a century ago’ – Ian Rankin
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, and the final revelation of Hyde’s true identity is a chilling exploration of humanity’s basest capacity for evil. The other stories in this volume also testify to Stevenson’s inventiveness within the gothic genre- ‘Olalla’, a tale of vampirism and tainted family blood, and ‘The Body Snatcher’, which shows the murky underside of medical practice.
ISBN: 9780141439730
Weight: 170g
Dimension: 197mm X 129mm
Pages: 224
Edition: 01