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TheStrangeCaseofDr.JekyllandMr.Hyde

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.

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