{"product_id":"the-strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-and-other-tales-of-terror","title":"The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales of Terror","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHis innovative thriller, as shocking now as when it was first published, the Penguin Classics edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales of Terror\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is edited with an introduction by Robert Mighall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublished as a 'shilling shocker', Robert Louis Stevenson's dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality. The 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 of the exploits of the notorious Burke and Hare.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis edition contains a critical introduction by Robert Mighall, which discusses class, criminality and the significance of the story's London setting. It also includes an essay on the scientific contexts of the novel and the development of the idea of the Jekyll-and-Hyde personality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRobert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was born in Edinburgh, the son of a prosperous civil engineer. Although he began his career as an essayist and travel writer, the success of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTreasure Island\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (1883) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKidnapped\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(1886) established his reputation as a writer of tales of action and adventure. Stevenson's Calvinist upbringing lent him a preoccupation with predestination and a fascination with the presence of evil, themes he explored in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (1886), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Master of Ballantrae\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (1893).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, you might like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, by James Hogg, also available in Penguin Classics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Every bit as claustrophobic, creepy and chilling as when it first saw the light of day over a century ago'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIan Rankin\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Clapping Pages","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":45156858200250,"sku":"2O6BR8KJL-Used","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/5576\/0826\/files\/69_ad2a2190-a9ee-474f-966e-10b8e698bdc7.jpg?v=1758039481","url":"https:\/\/clappingpages.com\/products\/the-strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-and-other-tales-of-terror","provider":"Clapping Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}