The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other... - Stevenson, Robert Louis

Penguin Books Ltd

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales of TerrorAuthor(s): Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Mighall\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Penguin Classics\nISBN-13: 9780141439730, 978-0141439730\nSynopsis\n'Every bit as claustrophobic, creepy and chilling as when it first saw the light of day over a century ago'\nIan Rankin\n\nPublished as a 'shilling shocker', Robert Louis Stevenson's dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality\n\nThe story of respectable Dr Jekyll's strange association with the 'damnable young man' Edward Hyde; the hunt through fog-bound London for a killer; and the final revelation of Hyde's true identity is a chilling exploration of humanity's basest capacity for evil. The other stories in this volume also testify to Stevenson's inventiveness within the Gothic tradition: 'Olalla', a tale of vampirism and tainted family blood, and 'The Body Snatcher', a gruesome fictionalisation o.