All his life Stevenson traveled--often in a desperate quest for health. He and Fanny, having married in California and spent their honeymoon by an abandoned silver mine, traveled back to Scotland, then to Switzerland, to the south of France, to the American Adirondacks, and finally to the South Seas. As a novelist he was intrigued with the genius of place: Treasure Isiand (1883) began as a map to amuse a boy. Indeed, all his works leveal a profound sense of landscape and atmosphere: Kidnapped (1886); The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886); The Master of Ballantrae (1889)...

Robert Louis Stevenson originally wrote Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as a "shilling shocker." He then burned thedraft and,upon his wife"s advice, rewrote it as the darkly complex tale it is today.Stark ,skillfully woven,this fascinating novel explores the curious case of Dr. Jekyll,a kindly scientist who by night takes on his stunted evilself, Mr. Hyde. Anticipating modern psychology,Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a brilliantly original study of man"s dual nature-as well an immortal tale of sus- pense and terror.

Published in 1886, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was an instant success and brought Stevenson his first taste of fame. Though sometimes dismissed as a mere mystery story, the book has evoked much literary admiration...

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

STORY OF THE DOOR

SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE

DR. JEKYLL WAS QUITE AT EASE

THE CAREW MURDER CASE

INCIDENT OF THE LETTER

REMARKABLE INCIDENT OF DR.LANYON

THE LAST NIGHT

DR.LANYON"S NARRATIVE

HENRY JEKYLL"S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE

AFTERWORD:WHO IS HYDE?

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