STEVENSON, Robert Louis.

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

Name: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Brand: STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
SKU: 123739
Price: 550.00 GBP
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Stock Code 123739

London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1913.

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Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was an immediate success and helped cement Stevenson's literary reputation as a household name. It has never been out of print since, inspiring countless stage productions and more than 100 films.

'Until 1886 [Stevenson] had never earned much...by his pen. But in that year came two successes that greatly increased his reputation and with it his power to earn. These were The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Kidnapped. The former, founded partly on a dream, is a striking apologue of the double-life of man. The success of these two tales, both with the critics and the public, established Stevenson's position at the head of the younger English writers of his day' (ODNB).

8vo (18.5 x 12.5 cm); some light spotting throughout; half blue morocco with marbled paper boards by Bumpus, matching endpapers, spine gilt in six compartments, spine lightly faded, all edges gilt, a very good copy; [viii], 247pp.

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