Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, and author of adventure stories, and a leading figure of British neoromanticism. The struggle between good and evil became the central theme of his works.
In "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," the theme of the double, traditional to Romanticism and the Gothic novel, is reimagined through the lens of emerging science fiction, where a sinister doppelgänger gains freedom of action through a split personality. By consuming a potion of his own making, Dr. Jekyll, a virtuous scientist, transforms into his terrifying double, Mr. Hyde, who is morally base and physically repulsive. The mysterious story of the enigmatic Henry Jekyll evokes an instinctive horror with its inexplicability.
The collection also includes mystical short stories and novellas by Stevenson.
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrations: Oleg Pakhomov
Translator: Natalia Volzhina
Pages: 272 (coated paper). Hardcover
Dimensions: 205x260 mm
Series: Adventure Land
