Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales.
Title:
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales.
Author:
Stevenson, Robert Louis.
ISBN:
9780191517334
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (447 pages)
Series:
Oxford World's Classics
Contents:
Cover -- Copyright Page -- Title Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Note on the Texts -- Select Bibliography -- A Chronology of Robert Louis Stevenson -- Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) -- Katharine De Mattos -- Contents -- Story of the Door -- Search for Mr Hyde -- Dr Jekyll was Quite at Ease -- The Carew Murder Case -- Incident of the Letter -- Remarkable Incident of Dr Lanyon -- Incident at the Window -- The Last Night -- Dr Lanyon's Narrative -- Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case -- The Body Snatcher (1884) -- Markheim (1885) -- Olalla (1885) -- A Gossip on Romance (1882) -- A Chapter on Dreams (1888) -- Appendix A: from Henry Maudsley, 'The Disintegrations of the "Ego"' (1883) -- Appendix B: from Frederic Myers, 'The Multiplex Personality' (1885) -- Appendix C: from W. T. Stead, 'Has Man Two Minds or One?' (1894) -- Explanatory Notes -- Footnotes.
Abstract:
Stevenson's short novel, published in 1886, became an instant classic. It was a Gothic horror originating in a feverish nightmare, that has thrilled readers ever since. Also included in this edition are a number of short stories and essays of the 1880s and extracts from writings on personality disorder that set the works in their historical context. - ;'Instantly the spirit of hell awoke in me and raged...I was suddenly struck through the heart by a cold thrill of terror.'. Stevenson's short novel, published in 1886, became an instant classic. It was a Gothic horror that originated in a feverish nightmare, whose hallucinatory setting in the murky back streets of London gripped a nation mesmerized by crime and violence. The respectable doctor's mysterious relationship with his disreputable associate is finally revealed in one of the most original and thrilling endings in English literature. In addition to Jekyll and Hyde, this edition also includes a number of short stories and essays written by Stevenson in the 1880s, minor masterpieces of fiction and comment: 'The Body Snatcher', 'Markheim', and 'Olalla' feature grave-robbing, a sinister double, and degeneracy, while 'A Chapter on Dreams' and 'A Gossip on Romance' discuss artistic creation and the 'romance' form. Appendixes provide extracts from contemporary writings on personality disorder, which set Stevenson's tale. in its full historical context. - ;The best edition of Stevenson's supernatural fiction so far. The texts are very well edited, the notes are significant and unobtrusive for the average reader, and the appendices provide the perfect complementation for Stevenson's narratives of the uncanny. Roger Luckhurst's introduction is fascinating. A must. - Dr. Antonio Ballesteros-Gonz--aacute--;lez, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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