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by Robert Louis Stevenson (Author), Roger Luckhurst (Editor) "MR UTTERSON the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: OUP Oxford (8 May 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0199536228
  • ISBN-13: 978-0199536221
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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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-González, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha )


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'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.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, 19 Jul 2009
This book is a great insight or informant of the society that it was written in. The twist and turns of the story keep the reader's attention, but the attention to detail and links to the issues that concerned the late 1800's in my opinion, are the most interesting parts of the book. The style of writing is intricate and full. In my opinion the book is a great example of late 19th century writing and showed well how the society at the time was fascinated with mental illness, the consumption of substances and medical progress.
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2.0 out of 5 stars A disappointing read, 23 May 2009
By Kirsty B (England) - See all my reviews
Having recently read Dracula (another classic horror), I was somewhat disappointed by this book.

It started out ok, but as I read on I found that I didn't particularly like the way the story was told - somewhat backwards. I did however like the fact that it was told from different viewpoints - I think that is the only way to tell the story effectively.

The story was short. This meant that, aside from the main character, there was little room for character development. This was disappointing as it meant that I had trouble connecting with the story.

I felt that because of the way the story was told (with the revelation at the beginning), I was carrying on with the book simply because I had started it and didn't want to leave it unfinished. The story didn't really go anywhere and left me feeling a little bored.

I did enjoy 2 of the 3 short stories in the book, and these almost made up for the disappointment of the main story... almost...
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5.0 out of 5 stars Stevenson's Dark Corners!, 27 Nov 2007
By J. S. Lewison (Bolton, Lancs United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales (Oxford World's Classics) (Paperback)
'You must suffer me to go my own dark way. I have brought on myself a punishment and a danger that I can't name.' (Dr Jekyll)

Stevenson's remarkable novel explores the 'other' face of Victorian respectability, the underbelly of a society 'profoundly committed to the duplicity of life.'
The setting of novel lends itself to horror. We are in London, a filthy degraded place, full of labyrinthine streets. We are blinded by fog, searching for a 'creature' who evades detection at every turn. We wander the streets with 'gentlemen' who have a pronounced predilection for night walks and alley ways and speak in 'masculine' codes. Their nightly Insomnia suggests sexual restlessness and with no women in sight, and lots of male friendships, this fin-de-siecle text rather suggests the unlawfulness of homosexual desire.

Then we abruptly encounter the inhuman figure of 'Mr Hyde' as he stamps maliciously on a helpless child. This transgression of any residue of civilised behaviour catapults the novel into horror where it lingers for the rest of the narrative. We spend time gazing at a 'blistered and distained door' through which the unspeakable Hyde makes his way and we metaphorically lose our respectable ways!

Ironically for a novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson, 'Tusitala', 'a teller of tales' the tale refuses to be told. This is because the narrative is initially dependent upon the voice of the unprepossessing Utterson, ironically a man who fails to utter anything in terms of personal disclosure or revelation. This secrecy is then reinforced by other restrictive narrative viewpoints, thus confining the 'secret' of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde to conjecture - the strait jacket of Victorian repression. (And yes, there is a joke in there!)

For who is the final teller of this macabre tale? The last voice we hear in the novel is that of Dr Jekyll, yet we know he died as the infamous Mr Hyde, and that we are only privy to this knowledge through the 'eyes' of Utterson who never comments about it .He just disappears into respectable silence. Each time I read the novel I am always aware of the missing voice in the text and feel rather bewildered at the lack of any stable conclusion to the novel. We are just left with the voice of the very much resurrected and undead Jekyll/Hyde voice who finishes his own novel after all!

Read it at night and lock your door!

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