The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Other Tales

Produktbeschreibung

Stevenson's short novel, published in 1886, became an instant classic. It was a Gothic horror originating in a feverish nightmare, that has thrilled readers ever since. Also included in this edition are a number of short stories and essays of the 1880s and extracts from writings on personality disorder that set the works in their historical context. 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

* Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde


* The Body Snatcher


* Markheim


* Olalla


* A Gossip on Romance


* A Chapter on Dreams


* Appendix A: Henry Maudsley, 'The Disintegrations of the "Ego"'


* Appendix B: Frederic Myers, 'The Multiplex Personality'


* Appendix C: W. T. Stead, 'Has Man Two Minds or One?' 

Kritik

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-Gonz lez, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha 

Autoreninfo

Robert Louis Stevenson, geboren 1850 in Edinburgh, schrieb unter anderem Reiseerzählungen, Abenteuerromane und Lyrik. Stevenson starb im Alter von 44 Jahren auf der Südseeinsel Samoa.