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The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

1886 · Gothic · Novel

Open Library OL24156W

A London lawyer tries to understand the tie between a respectable doctor and a violent man who shares his house. Stevenson’s short novel is a study of a self split on purpose.

About the author

Stevenson could write a straight adventure and a nightmare about a divided self in the same decade. Treasure Island and Jekyll and Hyde are both exact about consequence. More of this shelf for Robert Louis Stevenson.

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