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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: A Classic Gothic Tale of Horror, Science, and the Divided Self
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerClassic Fiction
ISBN13: 9781617207679
Publisher: SMK Books
Published: Oct 23 2012
Pages: 64
Weight: 0.23
Height: 0.15 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A respectable London doctor and a violent, terrifying stranger are bound together by a secret that exposes the darkest division in human nature. In Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson creates one of the most enduring stories of horror, guilt, repression, and moral collapse in English literature. As the mysterious Edward Hyde moves through the city leaving fear and ruin behind him, Dr. Henry Jekyll's friends begin to suspect that the connection between the two men is stranger and more terrible than ordinary blackmail or crime.
Stevenson's novella works as Gothic horror, psychological fiction, moral fable, and detective mystery. Its power lies in the slow revelation of Jekyll's experiment and in the unsettling idea that evil is not merely an outside force but something hidden within the self. The foggy streets, locked doors, divided houses, strange documents, and fearful witnesses all build toward a confession that has become one of literature's defining portraits of dual identity.
First published in 1886, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde remains essential for readers of classic horror, Victorian fiction, psychological suspense, Gothic literature, and stories about science, temptation, and the divided self. The names Jekyll and Hyde have entered everyday language because Stevenson's tale still speaks to a frightening possibility: that civilization, reputation, and self-control may conceal impulses far more dangerous than anyone wants to admit.
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