RobertLouisStevensonoriginallywroteDr.JekyllAndMrHydeasa“chillingshocker.“Hethenburnedthedraftand,uponhiswife’sadvice,rewroteitasthedarklycomplextaleitistoday.Stark,skillfullywoven,thisfascinatingnovelexploresthecuriousturningsofhumancharacterthroughthestrangecaseofDr.Jekyll,akindlyscientistwhobynighttakesonhisstuntedevilself,Mr.Hyde.Anticipatingmodernpsychology,JekyllAndHydeisabrilliantlyoriginalstudyofman’sdualnature--aswellasanimmortaltaleofsuspenseandterror.Publishedin1866,JekyllAndHydewasaninstantsuccessandbroughtStevensonhisfirsttasteoffame.Thoughsometimesdismissedasameremysterystory,thebookhasevokedmuchliteraryadmirations.VladimirNabokovlikenedittoMadameBovaryandDeadSoulsas“afablethatliesnearertopoetrythantoordinaryprosefiction.“
