Name: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories
Rating: 3.719298245614035 (57 reviews)
ISBN: 9781904633433

Robert Louis Stevenson

A lawyer in Victorian London tries to understand the nature of the strange relationship between his physician friend and the cruel and violent man he seems to protect.

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories

Dr. Jekyll invents a drug that changes him into Mr. Hyde, a foul-tempered, uncouth degenerate. His evil nature, however, becomes the stronger part of him and, to his horror, he no longer needs the formula to transform his appearance.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories

Quite straight forward theme, duality of man. Good and evil within each of us. Yin and Yang. I also wonder if Hyde's last name is a play of "hide", as in the hidden dark side, or I'm just looking way too much into it. Would be cool tho.

Jovana Gjekanovikj 

Wasn't the best, my favorite story from the collection was "The Body Snatcher". I think this one was worth 5 stars but overall 3.5/5.

Yalin Tsikun

Rjyan C Kidwell

Well worth the price of admission for "A Lodging" and "The Young Man With The Cream Tarts" alone, both of which belong on the highest shelf of the short-story cabinet.

Leah Preston

This dark psychological fantasy is more than a moral tale. It is also a product of its time, drawing on contemporary theories of class, evolution and criminality and the secret lives behind Victorian propriety, to create a unique form of urban Gothic.

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales

Elena M.

Emily

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1886. It is about a London lawyer who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the misanthropic Edward Hyde. The work is known for its vivid portrayal of a split personality, split in the sense that within the same person there is both an apparently good and an evil personality each being quite distinct from each other; in mainstream culture the very phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" has come to mean a person who is vastly different in moral character from one situation to the next. This is different from multiple personality disorder where the different personalities do not necessarily differ in any moral sense. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was an immediate success and one of Stevenson's best-selling works. Stage adaptations began in Boston and London within a year of its publication and it has gone on to inspire scores of major film and stage performances.

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories (Evergreens)

Sophia Wolf

Siddhi Naik

Why has the mild mannered Dr Jekyll suddenly begun to associate with the ugly and violent Mr Hyde? And why are they never seen together? When Jekyll’s old friend Utterson tries to solve these mysteries he uncovers a horrific story of suffering and brutality that eventually leads to the terrible revelation of Mr Hyde’s true identity. Accompanied here by three other memorable stories of horror, murder and the supernatural, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a masterpiece of Victorian Gothic literature by Robert Louis Stevenson, and one of the most potent and enduring of modern myths. This beautiful edition of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde & Other Stories features an afterword by playwright and screenwriter Peter Harness. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector’s Library is a series of beautifully bound gift editions of much loved classic titles.

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories

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