The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Couverture souple

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0007351003 ISBN 13 : 9780007351008

Editeur : William Collins, 2010

Synopsis

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'All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil.'

After taking an elixir created in his laboratory, mild mannered Dr Jekyll is transformed into the cruel and despicable Mr Hyde. Although seemingly harmless at first, things soon descend into chaos and Jekyll quickly realises there is only one way to stop Hyde. Stevenson's quintessential novella of the Victorian era epitomizes the conflict between psychology, science and religious morality, but is fundamentally a triumphant study of the duality of human nature.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson was born on 13 November 1850, changing his second name to ‘Louis’ at the age of eighteen. He has always been loved and admired by countless readers and critics for ‘the excitement, the fierce joy, the delight in strangeness, the pleasure in deep and dark adventures’ found in his classic stories and, without doubt, he created some of the most horribly unforgettable characters in literature and, above all, Mr. Edward Hyde.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil.
A London lawyer is drawn into a series of strange occurrences concerning his old friend Henry Jekyll and the despicable stranger Edward Hyde, a man who seems to epitomise the very meaning of evil. What is Hyde’s mysterious hold over Jekyll, and what is the reason behind Jekyll’s increasingly odd behaviour? The investigations will lead into the dark heart of Victorian London, and human nature itself, as the shocking truth about Hyde’s true identity is finally revealed.
Published in 1886 to critical acclaim, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a thrilling exploration of the interplay of good and evil and the terrifying duality that lies within us all.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: William Collins
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0007351003
• ISBN 13: 9780007351008
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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