{"product_id":"dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-9781840228359","title":"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde","description":"\u003cp\u003e'...man is not truly one, but truly two.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this powerful deconstruction of Calvinist belief and the hypocrisy at the heart of Victorian society, Stevenson creates a gothic icon in the divided self that is Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Born from a nightmare and anticipating Freud's theory of the unconscious, Stevenson literalises the concepts of the supernatural \u003cem\u003edoppelgänger\u003c\/em\u003e and the split personality in a timeless tale of guilt, desire, and violence by which all subsequent 'double' stories must be judged. In seeking to cleanse his soul of sin, Dr Henry Jekyll instead unleashes a monster. First published in 1886, this tragic study of the duality of man established Stevenson's international reputation as an author. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis volume also contains Stevenson's 1887 collection of short stories, \u003cem\u003eThe Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables, \u003c\/em\u003e which includes a further exploration of the mind of a murderer, 'Markheim', and the occult tales of terror, 'The Merry Men', 'Olalla', and 'Thrawn Janet'. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stevenson, Robert Louis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wordsworth Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781840228359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.93h x 5.20w x 1.10d","brand":"Robert Louis Stevenson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39892615430219,"sku":"9781840228359","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_4e85fc65-9f26-4fcf-9440-1f186bb7ea57.jpg?v=1667393660","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-9781840228359","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}