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The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde (Pocket Classics)

The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde (Pocket Classics)

by RobertLouisStevenson (Author)

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    Paperback 2001

    $3.38
Synopsis

This year sees the launch of the Pocket Classics, a series of short works for pleasurable reading in a pocket-sized format. These books offer an intriguing and original mixture of new and varied reading experiences from a wide range of Scottish writing from different genres and all periods. Think of them as a reintroduction to the impact of the finest writing, whether non-fiction, poetry, short stories or novellas. Born of a nightmare and 'produced in white-hot haste', Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde has had a cultural impact out of all proportion to its size. A psychological study of endless richness, or a pocket-sized shilling shocker for the Christmas market, here is Stevenson's most famous work in small format once again, to be read or re-read with amazement, terror and delight. A limited edition print of the artwork to this book, created by David Mach and entitled 'Striking Likeness', is also available from canongate.net.

$3.38

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 144
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Published: 23 Apr 2001
ISBN 10: 1841951560
ISBN 13: 9781841951560

Author Bio
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94), was born and educated in Edinburgh. He was a sickly child, and most of his adult years were to be spent travelling in search of a climate which would do least damage to his lungs. Following the family tradition in civil engineering, he went to Edinburgh University in 1867. More interested in literature and the Bohemian life, he changed to law and qualified as an advocate in 1875. Thereafter he gave himself to his creative ambitions, with frequent visits to London and to France, where he met Fanny Osbourne, a married American woman who was to become his future wife. Stevenson began with essays, short stories and travel writing, most notably Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes (1879). He went to California to marry Fanny in 1880. The journey nearly killed him, but he wrote of his experiences in Across the Plains (1892), The Amateur Emigrant (1895) and The Silverado Squatters (1883). He is, perhaps, best remembered for his first novel Treasure Island (1883), and his early reputation was made with this and other examples of adventure fiction, not least Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde which appeared as a paperback thriller in 1886.