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1 online resource (145 pages). |
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Robert Louis Stevenson anthology |
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Robert Louis Stevenson anthology.
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BiblioBoard Core module.
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Original document: Book. |
| Summary |
Insanely popular upon its release in 1886 and still popular among readers today, Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was a novella about a severe case of split personality. Because of the work, the phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" has come to mean a person who is vastly different in moral character from one situation to the next. The novella tells the story of John Gabriel Utterson, who investigates odd happenings between his old friend Dr. Henry Jekyll, a scientist of sorts, and Mr. Edward Hyde, a young, remorseless man whom John Utterson believes to be Jekyll's assistant. After the murder of Sir Danvers Carew, a Member of Parliament, the truth of Dr. Jekyll's evil alter ego begins to unfold. Upon its publication in 1886, the novella was an immediate success. Stage adaptations of the work began in Boston and London and soon moved across Europe just a year after the book was released. Since then, over 120 film and stage performances, as well as many television series and comic books, have adapted Stevenson's now classic work. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
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FICTION / GENERAL
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LITERARY CRITICISM / GENERAL
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Physicians -- England -- London -- Fiction.
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PSYCHOLOGY / GENERAL
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