内容简介
Firstpublishedin1886asa"shillingshocker,"DrJekyllandMrHydetakesthebasicstrugglebetweengoodandevilandaddstothemixbourgeoisrespectability,urbanviolenceandclassconflict.Theresultisatalethathastakenontheforceofmythinthepopularimagination.Stevenson’sbest-knownnovelforadultsstandswithDraculaandFrankensteinasoneofthehorrorstoriesthathascometodefinethemodernmind.MartinDanahay'sneweditionsetsthisclassicfirmlyinthecontextoutofwhichitemerged.Themanyappendicesincludearangeofcontemporaryreactionstothenovel;aselectionofVictorianviewsoncriminalityanddegeneracy;descriptionsofSohoandLondon'sWestEndinthe1880s;andaportfolioofnewspaperaccountsofandreactiontothe"JacktheRipper"murders.--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle.
作者简介
RobertLouisStevenson(1850-1894)wasanovelist,poet,short-storywriter,andessayist.In1883,whilebedriddenwithtuberculosis,hewrotewhatwouldbecomeoneofthebestknownandmostbelovedcollectionsofchildren'spoetryintheEnglishlanguage,AChild'sGardenofVerses.BlockCityistakenfromthatcollection.StevensonisalsotheauthorofsuchclassicsasTreasureIsland,Kidnapped,andTheStrangeCaseofDr.JekyllandMr.Hyde.