With an Introduction & Notes by Dr Tim Middleton Head of English Studies University of Ripon & York In seeking to discover his inner self the brilliant Dr Jekyll discovers a monster First published to critical acclaim in 1886 this mesmerising thriller is a terrifying study of the duality of man&s nature & it is the book which established Stevenson&s reputation as a writer Also included in this volume is Stevenson&s 1887 collection of short stories The Merry Men & Other Tales & Fables The Merry Men is a gripping Highland tale of shipwrecks & madness; Markheim the sinister study of the mind of a murderer; Thrawn Janet a spine-chilling tale of demonic possession; Olalla a study of degeneration & incipient vampirism in the Spanish mountains; Will O& the Mill a thought-provoking fable about a mountain inn-keeper; & The Treasure of Franchard a study of French bourgeois life