Stevenson, Robert Louis 1850-1894

The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / retold from the Robert Louis Stevenson ; original by Kathleen Olmstead - 153 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is Robert Louis Stevenson's thriller allegory of a medical experiment gone wrong and dual personalities, one the essence of good, the other the essence of evil, fighting for supremacy in one man. Filled with suspense the book has had such an impact in popular culture that the expression "Jekyll and Hyde" has itself become synonymous with extremes of or inconsistent behavior.

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9781402726675


Physicians--Juvenile fiction
Multiple personality
Self-experimentation in medicine
Paranormal fiction
Murderers--Juvenile fiction
Horror tales
Good and evil


England--London--Juvenile fiction

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