- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Classics; New Ed edition (25 Jan 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140620516
- ISBN-13: 978-0140620511
- Product Dimensions: 18.8 x 0.7 x 11.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 88,261 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
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Patricia O'Neill, Hamilton College, Clinton
"Danahay's edition justifies our on-going admiration for this masterpiece of English literature."
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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 in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary and yet somehow lovable. Read the first page
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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A story of the struggle between good and evil.,
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This review is from: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Paperback)
I loved this book, it was very well written and is a thought provoking story. Most people seem to think that Dr. Jekyll was a good person and that the horrible Mr. Hyde a whole different person. But you should consider how the doctor handles all of this.
32 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Penguin Popular Classics) (Paperback)
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.
24 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
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108 years old and still brilliant!,
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This review is from: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Penguin Popular Classics) (Paperback)
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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