num_pages: 240
description: The doppelgänger, the ghostly double infecting the soul, was a popular fictional subject for late nineteenth-century writers, and it found its most brilliant realization in Robert Louis Stevenson’s story of Dr Jekyll, whose reckless genius allows him to bring his own appalling double to life. The finest horror story in our language, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is also a metaphysical fairy tale of stunning perspicacity. Also included in this collection are Markheim, A Lodging for the Night, Thrawn Janet, The Body-Snatcher and The Misadventures of John Nicholson.
language: English
title: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories
titlecomplete: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories
characters: Gabriel John Utterson, Henry Jekyll, Richard Enfield, Dr. Lanyon
genres: Literature, Science Fiction, Classics, Gothic, 19th Century, Horror, Short Stories, Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery
ratings_count: 40380
places: London, England
publisher: Everyman's Library