The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Prestwick House Literary Touchstone EditionThis Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition includes a glossary and reader's notes to help the modern reader contend with Stevenson's language and themes.Originally published in 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde became an immediate sensation with the public, which was thoroughly fascinated by the book's study of guilt, moral responsibility, and horror. Stevenson carefully weaves a detective story with the quest for human perfection gone awry to construct a tale that has haunted readers for more than a century. |
Contents
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SEARCH FOR MR HYDE | 15 |
DR JEKYLL WAS QUITE AT EASE | 23 |
THE CAREW MURDER CASE | 27 |
INCIDENT OF The Letter | 31 |
REMARKABLE INCIDENT OF DOCTOR LANYON | 35 |
INCIDENT AT THE WINDOW | 39 |
THE LAST NIGHT | 41 |
DOCTOR LANYONS NARRATIVE | 51 |
HENRY JEKYLLS FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE | 59 |
GLOSSARY | 73 |
VOCABULARY | 74 |
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