Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories (VINTAGE CLASSICS LIBRARY) - Softcover

Robert Louis Stevenson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784871605 ISBN 13: 9781784871604

Publisher: Penguin Random House UK, 2016

Synopsis

Caution! No English version! Polish release.

About this title

About the Author

Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh in 1850. Chronically ill with bronchitis and possibly tuberculosis, Stevenson withdrew from Engineering at Edinburgh University in favour of Studying Law. Although he passed the bar and became an advocate in 1875, he knew that his true work was as a writer.

Between 1876 and his death in 1894, Stevenson wrote prolifically. His published essays, short stories, fiction, travel books, plays, letters and poetry number in dozens. The most famous of his works include Travels With A Donkey in the Cevennes (1879), New Arabian Nights (1882), Treasure Island (1883), The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1887), Thrawn Janet (1887) and Kidnapped (1893).

After marrying Fanny Osbourne in 1880 Stevenson continued to travel and to write about his experiences. His poor health led him and his family to Valima in Samoa, where they settled. During his days there Stevenson was known as ‘Tusitala’ or ‘The Story Teller’. His love of telling romantic and adventure stories allowed him to connect easily with the universal child in all of us. ‘Fiction is to grown men what play is to the child,’ he said.

Robert Louis Stevenson died in Valima in 1894 of a brain haemorrhage.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Random House UK
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1784871605
• ISBN 13: 9781784871604
• Binding: Paperback