Dr Jekyll and MR Hyde: with The Merry Men & Other Stories -

Robert Louis Stevenson

Wordsworth Editions

1993

256 páginas

8h 32m

ISBN-10: 1853260614

Introduction and Notes by Dr Tim Middleton, Head of English Studies, University of Ripon and York In seeking to discover his inner self, the brilliant Dr Jekyll discovers a monster. First published to critical acclaim in 1886, this mesmerising thriller is a terrifying study of the duality of man's nature. Also included in this volume is Stevenson's 1887 collection of short stories, The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables. The Merry Men is a gripping Highland tale of shipwrecks and madness; Markheim, the sinister study of the mind of a murderer; Thrawn Janet, a spine-chilling tale of demonic possession; Olalla a study of degeneration and incipient vampirism in the Spanish mountains; Will O'the Mill, a thought-provoking fable about a mountain inn-keeper; and The Treasure of Franchard, a study of French bourgeois life.

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Enrolei bastante para finalizar, mas foi uma leitura legal. Eu não conhecia o Robert Louis Stevenson. Algumas histórias me agradaram muito, outras eu senti que foram mais mornas, ou que tive mais dificuldade para entender.

As minhas histórias favoritas foram "Markheim" e "O estranho caso de Dr Jekyll e Mr Hyde", e faço menção honrosa para "Olala".

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