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Stevenson wrote an allegorical novel after he had experienced a lurid nightmare. In the author’s words, it was described as ‘a fine bogey tale’. This was published in 1886 titled Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a Gothic novella where Gabriel John Utterson, a London-based legal practitioner, investigates a series of strange happenings that links his old friend Dr. Henry Jekyll and a vicious criminal named Edward Hyde. Stevenson wanted to bring out both faces of the human mind, the ugly evil side and the good friendly side. Wicked aspirations feed the altered ego of the degenerated Mr. Hyde compelling him towards gross acts of malevolence.
A creepy, scary tale based on the duality of human nature. The story speaks of the good and evil within every single individual. The good and the evil both reside within each one and the manifestations happen in the way we behave and the decisions we make.
Dr Jekyll the man under discussion is portrayed as a kind, well-respected and intelligent scientist who dares to meddle with the darker side of science. The experimentation brings out the other darker and grimmer side of his nature. Mr. Hyde is his altered ego that is purely evil and is not even ready to accept responsibility for his hideous crimes that he commits. Jekyll transformed himself to Hyde and back by drinking a potion that he had developed. When he runs out of the potion, unfortunately, he gets trapped in his Hyde form and commits suicide.
Stevenson wrote an allegorical novel after he had experienced a lurid nightmare. In the author’s words, it was described as ‘a fine bogey tale’. This was published in 1886 titled Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a Gothic novella where Gabriel John Utterson, a London-based legal practitioner, investigates a series of strange happenings that links his old friend Dr. Henry Jekyll and a vicious criminal named Edward Hyde. Stevenson wanted to bring out both faces of the human mind, the ugly evil side and the good friendly side. Wicked aspirations feed the altered ego of the degenerated Mr. Hyde compelling him towards gross acts of malevolence.
A creepy, scary tale based on the duality of human nature. The story speaks of the good and evil within every single individual. The good and the evil both reside within each one and the manifestations happen in the way we behave and the decisions we make.
Dr Jekyll the man under discussion is portrayed as a kind, well-respected and intelligent scientist who dares to meddle with the darker side of science. The experimentation brings out the other darker and grimmer side of his nature. Mr. Hyde is his altered ego that is purely evil and is not even ready to accept responsibility for his hideous crimes that he commits. Jekyll transformed himself to Hyde and back by drinking a potion that he had developed. When he runs out of the potion, unfortunately, he gets trapped in his Hyde form and commits suicide.
Robert Louis Stevenson or Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson was born on 13 November 1850. He was a famous Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is extremely popular among all ages of literature lovers on account of his brilliant works of the likes of Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Kidnapped and A Child’s Garden of Verses. These books are usually the constant companions of every book lover. Stevenson was afflicted with serious bronchial issues for the major part of his life. He was born and educated in Edinburg but he kept on travelling extensively and writing profusely in spite of his continual poor health.
He was a popular social figure among the literary circles of London. Noted contemporary personalities such as Andrew Lang, Edmund Gosse, Leslie Stephen and W. E. Henley provided him encouragement and fed him matter for his books. Treasure Island was his most brilliant creation that brought infinite fame, popularity and accolades for him. His father Thomas Stevenson was an eminent engineer.
Stevenson had been quite ill and so had enough opportunity to ponder on his own mortality. Since childhood, he suffered from chronic lung ailment and showed symptoms of tuberculosis, which caused breathing problems to the extent of spitting up blood.
Stevenson also composed poetry, mostly lyrical poetry and a range of lively verses. His A Child’s Garden of Verses is a creation of beauty and pathos. This Scottish lyrical poetry expressed his pain of separation from Scotland.
In 1890, R.L. Stevenson settled in Samoa. It was during this time that he became increasingly aware of the European and American influence in the South Sea islands. As a result, his bent of mind turned away from romance and adventure fiction towards murkier realism. He died from a stroke in his island home in 1894, quite young, at the age 44. R.L. Stevenson enjoyed celebrity status throughout his life. His works were held in extreme reverence across the world, and in 2018 he enjoyed the honour of being ranked just below Charles Dickens as the 26th-most-translated author in the world.
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Books have a magical and timeless appeal. They inform, educate and entertain us. We love and cherish the books we grow up with, and explore the fascinating world they present all through our lives.
Trove seeks to preserve the tradition of reading by publishing books from the past. It is a treasure chest of the most precious works across various genres. Our vision is to keep alive works that have stood the test of time and pass them on to the next generation of readers.
Readers can browse and purchase titles in the Trove collection, gleaned from the huge ocean of treasured writings in the public domain, and republished. What’s more, Trove books can be read on paper or screen as they are available in a variety of formats.
Trove goes to great lengths to recover and refurbish old content, so readers can discover them in all their glory. Some treasures are indeed found not in caves but between the covers of a book.
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1. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
2. Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw
3. The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
4. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
5. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
6. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
7. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
8. A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man by James Joyce
9. The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
10. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
11. Moby Dick or The Whale by Melville Herman
12. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
13. Animal Farm by George Orwell
14. Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
15. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
16. She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith
17. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
18. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
19. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
20. Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
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Also from Trove
1. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
2. Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw
3. The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
4. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
5. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
6. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
7. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
8. A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man by James Joyce
9. The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
10. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
11. Moby Dick or The Whale by Melville Herman
12. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
13. Animal Farm by George Orwell
14. Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
15. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
16. She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith
17. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
18. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
19. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
20. Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
Visit us: www.trovebooks.in
Phone: +91-72002 58368
