Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Broadview Editions) - Softcover

Robert Louis Stevenson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1554810248 ISBN 13: 9781554810246

Publisher: Broadview Press, 2015

Synopsis

Broadview’s popular edition of this classic work of horror has been updated with a new appendix on the figure of the Victorian gentleman.|First published in 1886 as a “shilling shocker,” Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde takes the basic struggle between good and evil and adds to the mix bourgeois respectability, urban violence, and class conflict. The result is a tale that has taken on the force of myth in the popular imagination. This Broadview edition provides a fascinating selection of contextual material, including contemporary reviews of the novel, Stevenson’s essay “A Chapter on Dreams,” and excerpts from the 1887 stage version of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Also included are historical documents on criminality and degeneracy, the “Jack the Ripper” murders, the “double brain,” and London in the 1880s. New to this third edition are an appendix on the figure of the Victorian gentleman and an expanded selection of letters related to the novel; the introduction and bibliography have also been updated to reflect recent criticism.

About this title

About the Author

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and writer of works for children.

Martin Danahay is Professor of English at Brock University, Canada.

From the Back Cover

First published in 1886 as a "shilling shocker," Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde takes the basic struggle between good and evil and adds to the mix bourgeois respectability, urban violence, and class conflict. The result is a tale that has taken on the force of myth in the popular imagination. This Broadview edition provides a fascinating selection of contextual material, including contemporary reviews of the novel, Stevenson's essay "A Chapter on Dreams," and excerpts from the 1887 stage version of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Also included are historical documents on criminality and degeneracy, the "Jack the Ripper" murders, the "double brain," and London in the 1880s.

New to this third edition are an appendix on the figure of the Victorian gentleman and an expanded selection of letters related to the novel; the introduction and bibliography have also been updated to reflect recent criticism.

Edition details

• Publisher: Broadview Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1554810248
• ISBN 13: 9781554810246
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 232