Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde (Hesperus Classics) - Softcover

Robert Louis Stevenson (author); Helen Dunmore (foreword)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1843910705 ISBN 13: 9781843910701

Publisher: Hesperus Press Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

Dr Henry Jekyll has been obsessed since early manhood by the uneasy duality of good and evil he senses in himself and others, and is driven - to his peers' dismay - to tamper with the mysterious and transcendental side of science. The respected doctor becomes inexplicably silent and reclusive, while at the same time the terrifying Mr Edward Hyde begins to stalk the streets of London...At heart a chilling tale of the perils of ambition and hubris, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde reflects many of the preoccupations of Stevenson's own Victorian milieu - the dangers of a morbidly repressive society, and the post-Darwinian fear of man's beast nature.

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Review:

"Pull[s] out all the stops."-"New Yorker" "Moser's small, stirring wood engravings will help draw horror fans to the classic novel that has popularized the concept of the double. . . . If you haven't reread it recently, you may be astonished by its suspensefulness and its disquieting power."-"Booklist" "Pull[s] out all the stops."2; "New Yorker" "The dozen wood engravings by Moser will knock you out. . . . You must own it!"2; "Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction" "Moser7;s small, stirring wood engravings will help draw horror fans to the classic novel that has popularized the concept of the double. . . . If you haven7;t reread it recently, you may be astonished by its suspensefulness and its disquieting power."2; "Booklist" "This classic tale . . . addresses the duality in man7;s nature and is here illustrated with twelve atmospheric woodcuts by Barry Moser that underscore the darkness of Stevenson7;s tale and continue Moser7;s legacy of bringing new life to the classics."2; "Bloomsbury Review" "Moser's small, stirring wood engravings will help draw horror fans to the classic novel that has popularized the concept of the double. . . . If you haven't reread it recently, you may be astonished by its suspensefulness and its disquieting power."--"Booklist" "Pull[s] out all the stops."--"New Yorker"

From the Publisher:

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Each volume includes a full introduction, chronology, bibliography, and explanatory notes along with a variety of documents from the period, giving readers a rich sense of the world from which the work emerged.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hesperus Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1843910705
• ISBN 13: 9781843910701
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 104