Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, with The Merry Men & Other Stories -

Robert Louis Stevenson

Woodsworth

1999

256 páginas

8h 32m

ISBN-10: 1853260612

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, and it is the book which established Stevenson's reputation as a writer.
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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