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Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Wordsworth Classics) [Paperback]

Robert Louis Stevenson (Author)
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Publication Date: 7 July 1993 | Series: Wordsworth Classics

This Wordsworth Edition includes an exclusive Introduction and Notes by Dr Tim Middleton, Head of English Studies, University of Ripon and York.

In seeking to discover his inner self, the brilliant Dr Jekyll discovers a monster. First published to critical acclaim in 1886, this mesmerising thriller is a terrifying study of the duality of man's nature, and it is the book which established Stevenson's reputation as a writer.

Also included in this volume is Stevenson's 1887 collection of short stories, The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables.

The Merry Men is a gripping Highland tale of shipwrecks and madness; Markheim, the sinister study of the mind of a murderer; Thrawn Janet, a spine-chilling tale of demonic possession; Olalla, a study of degeneration and incipient vampirism in the Spanish mountains; Will O' the Mill, a thought-provoking fable about a mountain inn-keeper; and The Treasure of Franchard, a study of French bourgeois life.

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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd; New edition edition (7 July 1993)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1853260614
  • ISBN-13: 978-1853260612
  • Product Dimensions: 19.9 x 12.6 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (114 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 842 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The many films of the Jekyll and Hyde story make you overlook what a cracking good writer Stevenson was. Read with gothic gusto, this tragic tale of the intellectually curious Dr Jekyll overpowered by his murderous alter ego is still horrifying. --Rachel Redford, The Observer --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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The Broadview Editions series is an effort to represent the ever-changing canon of literature in English by bringing together texts long regarded as classics with valuable, lesser-known literature. Newly type-set and produced on high-quality paper in trade paperback format, the Broadview Editions series is a delight to handle as well as to read.

Each volume includes a full introduction, chronology, bibliography, and explanatory notes along with a variety of documents from the period, giving readers a rich sense of the world from which the work emerged. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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38 of 42 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece and a landmark in fiction 7 Mar 2004
By unlikely_heroine VINE™ VOICE
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The story goes that Robert Louis Stevenson wrote this novel in just two days, whilst sick with a fever. His wife, who was nursing him, read the completed manuscript and deciding it was rubbish - the deranged ramblings of a very ill man - she threw it onto the fire. Not to be deterred, her husband simply rewrote this story - in another two days.

We may be glad of Robert Louis Stevenson's perseverance, as this is a truly astounding novel. At the time it was first published, it was a shocking tale, but whilst modern readers will be familiar with the Jekyll and Hyde concept, they may still be captivated by the quality of the writing and the true horror drawn out in the author's words, which have a sinister quality that the countless film and television versions and variations over the years have failed to match.

This isn't just a horror story - it's a book about appearance and reality, and about our notions of who we are and how we are viewed by others. That's not to mention that old chestnut of good versus evil - but here, played out in two sides of the same person. Stevenson's fascinating ideas are brilliantly executed in this little masterpiece of a novel.

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars About the edition... 18 April 2009
By Miss K TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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This is not a review of the story itself - I think there is enough information out there about that! This review is about the actual edition of the story.

I bought this off Amazon for £1.99 which I thought was a bargain - it IS, but be aware that the text is small and tightly packed onto the page. It is however well printed and perfectly readable as a result. I have seen a cheaper Puffin edition where the headache-inducing text was so cramped on the page that you had to really concentrate to stay on track - very off-putting to say the least!

The Jekyll and Hyde story takes up 50 pages of the 232 pages book and this edition also includes a short introduction, bibliography and some end notes if you are at all interested in these things. Overall I think this is a decent edition - it is a bargain but rest assured the quality is there and the pages are a good thickness and NOT like tissue paper! :)
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24 of 28 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars 108 years old and still brilliant! 14 Jan 2004
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Like most people I knew the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and for this reason Stevenson's book was never top of my to read list. However, by taking this attitude I was making a big mistake. Even though I knew the ultimate conclusion I still couldn't put this book down. The atmosphere of chilling intrigue and dread that runs throughout the novella kept me on edge constantly. The narration is by the characters, including Dr. Jekyll himself, this adds a desperate anxiety to the narrative and as the plot unfolds this mode of narration creates in the reader a strange mixture of empathy and a hungry desire for the horrific details to be revealed.

After reading the book I was left with a feeling of unease, which I put down to the fact that what Stevenson was essentially writing about, false respectability, the paradox between what one needs/wants to do and what society demands and our unwillingness to address these factors, are not simply bygone symptoms of a repressive Victorian society, these are issues that are as endemic today as they were then.

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