The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde & Other Stories

In The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, the life of a well-respected doctor becomes inexplicably intertwined with that of a violent criminal. The novella explores the dualities – of good and evil, civility and brutality, sacred and the profane – that torment mankind.

Though Robert Louis Stevenson is often associated with his adventure novels, some of his most celebrated writing experimented with the Gothic and the macabre. The other pieces of short fiction in this collection are concerned with similar themes.