The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Informationen zum Autor Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson was born on 13 November 1850, changing his second name to ‘Louis’ at the age of eighteen. He has always been loved and admired by countless readers and critics for ‘the excitement, the fierce joy, the delight in strangeness, the pleasure in deep and dark adventures’ found in his classic stories and, without doubt, he created some of the most horribly unforgettable characters in literature and, above all, Mr. Edward Hyde. Klappentext All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil. A London lawyer is drawn into a series of strange occurrences concerning his old friend Henry Jekyll and the despicable stranger Edward Hyde, a man who seems to epitomise the very meaning of evil. What is Hyde's mysterious hold over Jekyll, and what is the reason behind Jekyll's increasingly odd behaviour? The investigations will lead into the dark heart of Victorian London, and human nature itself, as the shocking truth about Hyde's true identity is finally revealed. Published in 1886 to critical acclaim, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a thrilling exploration of the interplay of good and evil and the terrifying duality that lies within us all. Zusammenfassung HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved! essential classics.

Product details

• Authors: Robert L Stevenson, Robert L. Stevenson, Robert Louis Stevenson
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.04.2010
• EAN: 9780007351008
• ISBN: 978-0-00-735100-8
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 113 mm x 178 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Collins Classics; Collins Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional, FICTION / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Thriller / suspense, Narrative theme: Interior life, Psychological thriller, Classic horror & ghost stories, Classic horror and ghost stories, Novella (Short Novel), Classic fiction: general and literary