Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde-Illustrated Classics-Guide » (Study Guid)

The Victorian poet and novelist Robert Louis Stevenson once said, "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant." The author of the magical A Child's Garden of Verses and the chilling The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Stevenson indeed planted powerful literary seeds -- that grew into undisputed classics.

Inspired by a feverish dream, Stevenson’s renowned horror fantasy is a glimpse into the darker side of human nature. Foreword by Helen Dunmore.

Dr. Henry Jekyll has been obsessed since early manhood by the uneasy duality of good and evil that he senses in himself and others, and is driven, to the dismay of his peers, to tamper with the mysterious, 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 bestial nature. Scottish novelist and poet Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94) is most famous for his classic adventure tales Treasure Island and Kidnapped.

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