The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
This Norton Critical Edition includes:
- The first British edition of the novel, published in 1886 by Longmans, Green, and Co., the only edition set directly from Stevenson's manuscript and for which he read and corrected proofs.
- Deborah Lutz's thorough introduction and detailed explanatory footnotes to the novel.
- Seven illustrations.
- A rich and relevant selection of background materials centered on the novel's composition, reception, and historical and cultural contexts, alongside seven of Stevenson's letters.
- Interpretative essays by Elaine Showalter, Jack Halberstam, Martin Danahay, and Stephen Arata.
- A chronology and a selected bibliography.
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I picked this up for bookclub. I was expecting it to be scary, just from what I had heard about it over the years. Nothing popped out at me. It was an interesting psychological book. I don't know that I would really call it a thriller even.
I knew a lot about it before I picked it up, so I wonder if that was part of my disappointment.
The book was very well written and I did enjoy it. I think the fact that it had been written so many years ago gave it time to have all its spoilers leaked to the general public.
It did stand the test of time, though. There wasn't anything that was glaringly outdated or out of place in the book. It was definitely worth reading.
I knew a lot about it before I picked it up, so I wonder if that was part of my disappointment.
The book was very well written and I did enjoy it. I think the fact that it had been written so many years ago gave it time to have all its spoilers leaked to the general public.
It did stand the test of time, though. There wasn't anything that was glaringly outdated or out of place in the book. It was definitely worth reading.
Weird storytelling. Seems to be popular as it's iconic and old. Yet is it good? Not really and I'm trying to be extremely lenient as I adore the setting and monster. The mystery is nice and moody with a slow pace focusing on small details and the tension of the tiny horror elements. The monster is merely there not doing much at all yet we are waiting for something big.
Now, the story falls apart. Instead of detective work and slow solving with new scares and deaths we are presented nothing all the way until a letter reveals the whole plot. That's it??? Really? This was about to get amazing. A nice fiction with a proper monster yet nothing was done with it. Weirdly the very worst Sherlock Holmes story ever written is pretty much this story yet as an actual mystery with better writing and better tension. Proving that even back then this very story could have been done better.
You feel that there is an amazing story here as the concept is great. Yet it's only a concept nothing else.
Now, the story falls apart. Instead of detective work and slow solving with new scares and deaths we are presented nothing all the way until a letter reveals the whole plot. That's it??? Really? This was about to get amazing. A nice fiction with a proper monster yet nothing was done with it. Weirdly the very worst Sherlock Holmes story ever written is pretty much this story yet as an actual mystery with better writing and better tension. Proving that even back then this very story could have been done better.
You feel that there is an amazing story here as the concept is great. Yet it's only a concept nothing else.