The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Reprint Edition

In September of 1884, Robert Louis Stevenson, then in his mid-thirties, moved with his family to Bournemouth, a resort on the southern coast of England, where in the brief span of 23 months he revised “A Child’s Garden of Verses” and wrote the novels “Kidnapped” and “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
An intriguing combination of fantast thriller and moral allegory, “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” depicts the gripping struggle of two opposing personalities one essentially good, the other evil for the soul of one man. Its tingling suspense and intelligent and sensitive portrayal of man’s dual nature reveals Stevenson as a writer of great skill and originality, whose power to terrify and move us remains, over a century later, undiminished.”

Novelist and poet Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) began his career as an essayist and travel writer, starting with the 1878 publication of An Inland Voyage and Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes. The author of captivating tales for readers of all ages, his classics include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.