Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis

Brand: Penguin Random House

Color: Multicolor

Edition: Reissue

Binding: mass_market

Number Of Pages: 144

Release Date: 04-12-2012

Part Number: new18-201510-09-b0045263

Details: Robert Louis Stevenson explores the very nature of man in this classic horror novel.

&;Why did you wake me? I was dreaming a fine bogey tale.&;

Robert Louis Stevenson&;s masterpiece of the duality of good and evil in man&;s nature sprang from the darkest recesses of his own unconscious&;during a nightmare from which his wife awakened him, alerted by his screams. More than a hundred years later, this tale of the mild-mannered Dr. Jekyll and the drug that unleashes his evil, inner persona&;the loathsome, twisted Mr. Hyde&;has lost none of its ability to shock. Its realistic police-style narrative chillingly relates Jekyll&;s desperation as Hyde gains control of his soul&;and gives voice to our own fears of the violence and evil within us. Written before Freud&;s naming of the ego and the id, Stevenson&;s enduring classic demonstrates a remarkable understanding of the personality&;s inner conflicts&;and remains the irresistibly terrifying stuff of our worst nightmares.

Includes the Famous Cornell Lecture on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Vladimir Nabokov

With a New Introduction by Kelly Hurley
and an Afterword by Dan Chaon

EAN: 9780451532251

Package Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.4 inches

Languages: English