Robert Louis Stevenson

Unabridged edition Read the greatest Gothic novel of all time in a beautiful paperback edition. "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", first published in 1886, was written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. Dr. Henry Jekyll, a good man and reasonable scientist develops a potion that unleashes his secret inner persona. He is transformed into a freak of pure evil, the loathsome, twisted Mr. Hyde. His old friend, a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson, investigates the strange occurrences between the two personae. Like the vampire and the werewolf, the protagonists of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde embody our ambivalence with science and our deepest questions about what is knowable in human nature. This scary and enthralling timeless story is a must-read of classic literature and will make you shiver Enjoy another Gothic masterpiece in a book series by the editor Atlantic Editions: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, ISBN 978-1518604287 Dracula, by Bram Stoker, ISBN 978-1727043143 (c) Atlantic Editions

This English literature collection presents two classic Robert Louis Stevenson short stories, The Body-Snatcher and The Sea Fogs . "The Body Snatcher" is a short story by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894). First published in the Pall Mall Christmas "Extra" in December 1884, its characters were based on criminals in the employ of real-life surgeon Robert Knox (1791-1862) around the time of the notorious Burke and Hare murders (1828).

Lay Morals, and other papers, is a classic philosophy essay/short story collection by Robert Louis Stevenson. The problem of education is twofold: first to know, and then to utter. Every one who lives any semblance of an inner life thinks more nobly and profoundly than he speaks; and the best of teachers can impart only broken images of the truth which they perceive. Speech which goes from one to another between two natures, and, what is worse, between two experiences, is doubly relative. Contents: Preface by Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson -- Lay morals -- Father Damien -- The Pentland rising -- The day after to-morrow -- College papers -- Criticisms -- Sketches -- The Great North Road -- The young chevalier -- Heathercat.

In 'Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde', John Utterson, a respectable London lawyer, is compelled to uncover the strange connection between his old friend, the brilliant scientist Dr Henry Jekyll, and a brooding and dangerous stranger called Edward Hyde in this horrifying and brilliant story of deception.

This reader contains an abridged text that is true to Stevenson's novel. It comes with a free CD of the novel, an introduction, notes on the themes, notes on the author, a list of characters, and a glossary.

"... Stevenson's short novel, written in 1885, is one of the ancestors of the modern mystery story...not only a good 'bogey story, ' as Stevenson exclaimed when awakening from a dream in which he had visualized it... It is also, and more importantly, a fable that lies nearer to poetry than to ordinary prose fiction, and therefore belongs to the same order of art as, for instance, Madame Bovary or Dead Souls. VLADIMIR NABOKOV "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde is a double triumph. It has the outside excitement that belongs to Conan Doyle with the inside excitement that belongs to Henry James." G. K. CHESTERTON "Jekyll & Hyde I have read and found] admirable...worthy of Shakespeare." GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS

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Also Known as The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, this book is also available on Amazon in large print, extra large print and dyslexia-friendly editions. Gabriel Utterson is intrigued by the sinister figure of Mr Hyde, and the latter's strange relationship with Utterson's good friend, Dr Jekyll. When Mr Hyde beats a Member of Parliament to death, Gabriel Utterson tries to get to the bottom of the mystery and eventually discovers Dr Jekyll's dark secret... For more on our classic texts as well as our bulk discounts for schools visit: firestonebooks.com