Harper Collins is proud to present its new range of best-loved essential classics' All human beings as we meet them are commingled out of good & evil' After taking an elixir created in his laboratory mild mannered Dr Jekyll is transformed into the cruel & despicable Mr Hyde Although seemingly harmless at first things soon descend into chaos & Jekyll quickly realises there is only one way to stop Hyde Stevenson's quintessential novella of the Victorian era epitomizes the conflict between psychology science & religious morality but is fundamentally a triumphant study of the duality of human nature ...

Following their acclaimed graphic novel version of ' Kidnapped' Alan Grant & Cam Kennedy turn their attention to another Stevenson story John Utterson notices that his friend Dr Henry Jekyll has been acting very strangely As he investigates Utterson uncovers a terrifying & horrific story ...

Why has the mild mannered Dr Jekyll suddenly begun to associate with the ugly & violent Mr Hyde? & why are they never seen together? When Jekyll's old friend Utterson tries to solve these mysteries he uncovers a horrific story of suffering & brutality that eventually leads to the terrible revelation of Mr Hyde's true identity Accompanied here by three other memorable stories of horror murder & the supernatural The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde is a masterpiece of Victorian Gothic literature by Robert Louis Stevenson & one of the most potent & enduring of modern myths This beautiful edition of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde & Other Stories features an afterword by playwright & screenwriter Peter Harness Designed to appeal to the booklover the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound gift editions of much loved classic titles ...

His innovative thriller as shocking now as when it was first published the Penguin Classics edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde & Other Tales of Terror is edited with an introduction by Robert Mighall Published as a 'shilling shocker' Robert Louis Stevenson's dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality The story of respectable Dr Jekyll's strange association with the 'damnable young man' Edward Hyde; the hunt through fog-bound London for a killer; & the final revelation of Hyde's true identity is a chilling exploration of humanity's basest capacity for evil The other stories in this volume also testify to Stevenson's inventiveness within the Gothic tradition ' Olalla' a tale of vampirism & tainted family blood & ' The Body Snatcher' a gruesome fictionalisation of the exploits of the notorious Burke & Hare This edition contains a critical introduction by Robert Mighall which discusses class criminality & the significance of the story's London setting It also

Includes:: an essay on the scientific contexts of the novel & the development of the idea of the Jekyll-&-Hyde personality Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was born in Edinburgh the son of a prosperous civil engineer Although he began his career as an essayist & travel writer the success of Treasure Island (1883) & Kidnapped (1886) established his reputation as a writer of tales of action & adventure Stevenson's Calvinist upbringing lent him a preoccupation with predestination & a fascination with the presence of evil themes he explored in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (1886) & The Master of Ballantrae (1893) If you enjoyed The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde you might like The Private Memoirs & Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg also available in Penguin Classics' Every bit as claustrophobic creepy & chilling as when it first saw the light of day over a century ago' Ian Rankin

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Mark Ryan's brilliant reinvention of Robert Louis Stephenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde Carl Jung introduces the audience to an inmate of Broadmoor Asylum known only as Mr Hyde Through a series of interviews Jung attempts to understand the man through his analysis of the divided self However as the regular meetings progress the true horror of the story unfolds as Hyde begins to gain the upper hand ...

A sinister figure is haunting the gas-lit streets of Victorian London Who is the mysterious Edward Hyde? & what powerful hold does he have over the respectable Henry Jekyll? Part of the Usborne Young Reading series this spine-chilling retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure story is ideal for newly independent readers ...

Since his first literary appearance in 1886 the murderous Mr Hyde has embodied the evil that even good men including his alter ego Henry Jekyll
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A superb novella of murder & monstrosity on the streets of Victorian London that has remained in the public imagination for ...

Meet Meme the good-for-nothing daughter of the Demon World&s mighty Summoners Clan leader Her dad has kicked her out into the human realm to learn some responsibility & she needs to find a home! Enter Sentarou Narigane wealthy landlord of Kuroyuri Apartments Suffering from the worst case of malaise Sentarou offers Meme a free apartment on one condition She has to be his entertainment! ...

Created as game aids to easily randomize & track transient items for The Strange the Cypher Deck XP Deck & Creature Deck are now available in a single easy-to-shelf package! Creature Deck 99 Strange scary dangerous & just plain weird creatures from the Shoals of Earth! Build encounters quickly & easily or create them randomly on the fly Then give your players a look at their foes before plunging into combat The Strange Creature Deck contains 99 of the most commonly encountered creatures from the shoals of Earth drawn from both The Strange corebook & The Strange Bestiary When you need to build an encounter (either when prepping your game or at the gaming table) simply draw a card from this deck You’ve got basic stats (with a reference to the corebook for full stats & info) on one side & an image to share with your players on the reverse Even if you don’t choose cards randomly you can still pick out the ones you need when prepping for your game–you’ll be astounded at the time you save! The Strange Creature Deck saves oodles of time when prepping for your game sessions & even more time when you need to create & run an encounter on the fly & who couldn’t use a bit more time for the actual gaming? Cypher Deck Save time at the game table & in prep with these super-handy cards! In The Strange a cypher is a small device that can create a single often spectacular effect A cypher may look ordinary but each one is something special—a manifestation of the Strange that we don’t fully understand Players will regularly use cyphers to accomplish their missions Hoarding cyphers is imprudent & a waste of needed resources; replacement cyphers are always around the next corner This deck of 120 full-color cards allows GMs & players to randomly generate cyphers on the fly Twenty item cards describe the physical form the cypher takes depending on the laws of the recursion in which it appears while each of the 100 power cards offers multiple power options to match the device Skip rolling on the tables & save time & effort at the game table & while prepping your game by simply drawing a card which you can then hand to your player to keep until the cypher is used! XP Deck Track & trade XP without wearing a hole in your character sheet! In The Strange exploration & risk are everything Players earn experience points not for killing monsters but for making discoveries & facing unexpected challenges You might rack up your XP between sessions but most commonly you receive experience points during play when events take an unexpected turn or you make a remarkable discovery & XPs are a sort of currency often changing hands between players ...