Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories

by Robert Louis Stevenson

Vintage Classics Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories (Vintage Collectors Classics) ABISBOOK Vintage Classics.

Genres: Classics, Horror

240 pages, Hardcover

Published March 20, 2025

About the author

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of English literature. He was greatly admired by many authors, including Jorge Luis Borges, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling and Vladimir Nabokov.

Most modernist writers dismissed him, however, because he was popular and did not write within their narrow definition of literature. It is only recently that critics have begun to look beyond Stevenson's popularity and allow him a place in the Western canon.

Reviews

[Maja · Rating 4 out of 5]

First classics buddy read with @tessa — I really enjoyed it! Even though I already knew a bit about the plot twist, it still surprised me and turned out differently than I expected, so Tessa and I could really wonder and guess what was going on.

[Wilma Björk · Rating 4 out of 5]

This short story collection started off really strong with Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. It also ended on a strong note with the Misadventures of John Nicholson.

I think I liked them the most because of the balance between good and evil, the fact that those stories were a little longer, and that there was a certain tension in them.

[Elise Heymans · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ik ben blij dat ik het verhaal van de Jekyll and Mister Hyde heb gelezen. je krijgt het te horen via een 3de persoon dus pas op het einde weet je pas wat er aan de hand is.
De rest van het boek waren andere kortverhalen die niet altijd vlot lazen. Het is op een 'oudere' manier geschreven waardoor ik soms hele bladzijden moest herlezen om te snappen waar het nu eigenlijk over ging.
(ik geef eerlijk toe dat ik het boek vooral heb gekocht omwille van de mooie cover🙃).

[Catalina Matei · Rating 3 out of 5]

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 3.5 ⭐️
The Body Snatcher 3 ⭐️
A Lodging for the Night 4 ⭐️
Markheim 4 ⭐️
Thrawn Janet - DNF because of the dialect
The Misadventures of John Nicholson 3 ⭐️

[Kamyu · Rating 4 out of 5]

might be one of my favorite authors by writing style as well themes of morality and mortality, the duality of man. did think it was strange the (only) story mentioned on the cover and back is just like 75 pages long but hey, i enjoyed it. the Scottish story was a bit horrible though I'm ngl, gave me a headache trying to understand it

[Haeric · Rating 4 out of 5]

Came for Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde but stayed for the other novels, it was thoroughly enjoyable even if a bit less for The misadventures of john nicholson !

[Raphael · Rating 4 out of 5]

john nicholson indeed was stupid

great book, dr jekyll and mr hyde made me feel uneasy and claustrophobic in the best sense possible