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Robert Louis Stevenson's "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" reveals the timeless struggle between good and evil within one man. A cornerstone of Gothic literature, it tells of a physician who unleashes his hidden self through science, creating a creature of pure cruelty and desire. As Hyde's shadow spreads over London, Jekyll's desperate fight for his soul becomes a gripping tale of terror and suspense. This is the English-language paperback edition of "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde". Robert Louis Stevenson. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. First published: Longmans, Green and Co., London 1886. Vollständige Neuausgabe, 1. Auflage, LIWI Literatur- und Wissenschaftsverlag, Göttingen 2025.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh in 1850, the only son of an engineer, Thomas Stevenson. Despite a lifetime of poor health, Stevenson was a keen traveller, and his first book An Inland Voyage (1878) recounted a canoe tour of France and Belgium. In 1880, he married an American divorcee, Fanny Osbourne, and there followed Stevenson's most productive period, in which he wrote, amongst other books, Treasure Island (1883), The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Kidnapped (both 1886). In 1888, Stevenson left Britain in search of a more salubrious climate, settling in Samoa, where he died in 1894.
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