The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Die meisterhafte Kriminalerzählung "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" des Schotten Robert Louis Stevenson ist weltberühmt. Unzählige Verfilmungen zeugen von der ungebrochenen Faszination, die von dieser unheimlichen Variante des Doppelgängermotivs ausgeht. Seit Jugendtagen weiß der Wissenschaftler Dr. Jekyll um die Spaltung seiner Persönlichkeit: Gut und Böse ringen in ihm. Mit Hilfe eines geheimnisvollen Elixiers setzt er schließlich die dunkle Seite seines Ichs frei, doch der mysteriöse Mr. Hyde wird immer mächtiger und droht das Gute zu verschlingen...

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved! essential classics.

Autorentext

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.

Klappentext

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.

Zusammenfassung
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.