Dr Jekyll and MR Hyde and Other Stories (DK Classics) - by Robert Louis Stevenson (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

A beautiful deluxe gift edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's gothic stories with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, and a silk ribbon bookmark.

In Stevenson's most well-known tale of horror, Dr. Jekyll has been experimenting with his identity. He has developed a drug which separates the two sides of his nature and allows him occasionally to abandon himself to his most corrupt inclinations as the monstrous Mr. Hyde. But gradually he begins to find that the journey back to goodness becomes more and more difficult, and the risk that Mr. Hyde will break free entirely from Dr. Jekyll's control puts all of London in grave peril.

In addition to The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, this deluxe edition includes The Body-Snatcher, A Lodging for the Night, Markheim, Thrawn Janet, and The Misadventures of John Nicholson.

This hardback is part of DK CLASSICS, a luxurious series of classic titles, thoughtfully crafted for collectors and fans of beautiful special editions. Each complete, unabridged book features sumptuous design and the highest quality finishes. Discover timeless classics beautifully bound for every bookshelf.

About the Author

Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh in 1850. Chronically ill with bronchitis and possibly tuberculosis, Stevenson withdrew from engineering at Edinburgh University in favor of studying law. Although he passed the bar and became an advocate in 1875, he knew that his true work was as a writer. Between 1876 and his death in 1894, Stevenson wrote prolifically. His published dozens of essays, short stories, fiction, travel books, plays, letters, and poems. The most famous of his works include Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes (1879), New Arabian Nights (1882), Treasure Island (1883), The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1887), Thrawn Janet (1887) and Kidnapped (1893). Robert Louis Stevenson died in Valima in 1894 of a brain hemorrhage.