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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818782303321

Autore

Stevenson Robert Louis <1850-1894, >

Titolo

The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / / Robert Louis Stevenson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Open Road Integrated Media, , 2014

ISBN

1-4804-8414-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 p.)

Disciplina

839.31364

Soggetti

Physicians

Multiple personality

Self-experimentation in medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Contents; STORY OF THE DOOR; SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE; DR. JEKYLL WAS QUITE AT EASE; THE CAREW MURDER CASE; INCIDENT OF THE LETTER; REMARKABLE INCIDENT OF DR. LANYON; INCIDENT AT THE WINDOW; THE LAST NIGHT; DR. LANYON''S NARRATIVE; HENRY JEKYLL''S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE; Copyright

Sommario/riassunto

The most infamous of horror stories-a disturbing examination of man's capacity for evilOne pitch-black London morning, a ghoulish little man tramples a young girl and continues heedlessly on his way. Caught by a passerby and returned to the scene of the crime, the man is forced to pay £100 in restitution. He produces ten pounds in gold and a check for the remainder. Curiously, the check bears the signature of the well-regarded Dr. Henry Jekyll. Even stranger, Dr. Jekyll's will names this same awful and mysterious little man, Mr. Hyde, as the sole beneficiary. Troubled by the coincidence, Dr. J