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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales (Oxford World's Classics)

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Publisher Comments:

Robert Louis Stevenson's short novel, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, first published in 1886, became an instant classic, a Gothic horror originating in a feverish nightmare whose hallucinatory setting in the back streets of London gripped a nation mesmerized by crime and violence. Its revelatory ending is one of the most original and thrilling in English Literature. This new edition of Stevenson's most famous work includes three additional short stories, two short essays, and extracts from contemporary writing on psychological disorders. The introduction considers the reasons for the book's popularity, "the double," and psychoanalytic interpretations, as well as crime, sex, class, and urbanism in the 1880s. Appendixes provide contextual historical material by Henry Maudsley, Frederic Myers, and W.T. Stead. This edition also provides an up-to-date bibliography and full notes, including details of the initial responses of Stevenson's contemporaries, such as John Addington Symonds, Gerard Manley Hopkins and Rider Haggard.

Synopsis:

This volume includes Stevenson's famous spine-chilling thriller Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as well as Weir of Hermiston, a brilliant autobiographical portrayal of a father-son relationship.
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About the Author

Roger Luckhurst is Senior Lecturer in English at Birbeck College, University of London.

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Table of Contents

Phonetic Symbols


Variation in English


Dialect Variation


Received Pronunciation


Regional Accent Variation


British Isles Accents and Dialects: London


Bristol


South Wales


West Midlands


Bradford


Liverpool


Edinburgh


Belfast


Dublin


Devon


Northumberland


Lowland Scots


Aberdeen


Galway


Leicester


Suggestions for Using the Book


Further Reading


Index


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Product Details

ISBN:
9780192805973
Author:
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, USA
Editor:
Luckhurst, Roger
Author:
Stevenson, Robert Louis, III
Author:
null, Robert Louis
Author:
null, Roger
Author:
Luckhurst, Roger
Author:
Letley, Emma
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Horror tales, English
Subject:
Physicians
Subject:
Fantasy - Dark/Horror
Subject:
Horror - General
Subject:
Literature/English | British Literature | 19th C
Edition Number:
revised
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Oxford World's Classics
Publication Date:
20060615
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
18 maps, 17 line illus.
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
5.000 x 7.600 in 0.425 lb
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