Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales — Robert Louis Stevenson

An excellent new edition of Stevensons most famous story including three additional tales two short essays appendixes containing extracts from contemporary writing on psychological disorder and a wide ranging introduction that considers the many varied readings of this fascinating work Includes the short stories The Body Snatcher Markheim and Olalla as well as the important essays A Chapter on Dreams and A Gossip on Romance Appendixes provide contextual historical material by Henry Maudsley Frederic Myers and W T Stead Wide ranging introduction considers the reasons for the books popularity the double and psychoanalytic interpretations crime sex class and urbanism in the 1880s the Gothic and Modernism Full notes including details of the initial responses of Stevensons contemporaries such as John Addington Symonds Gerard Manley Hopkins Rider Haggard Up to date bibliography New to this Edition Three short stories The Body Snatcher Markheim Olalla and one essay A Gossip on Romance Three appendixes containing extracts from contemporary writers on psychological disorder Henry Maudsley Frederic Myers W T Stead New bibliography New chronology New notes