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

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson collects the novella that gave the English language one of its most resonant metaphors alongside several of Stevenson’s finest short works. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde — published in 1886 — is a psychological thriller, a gothic horror, and a parable about repression and the divided self: the respectable doctor whose experiments release a creature embodying everything Victorian propriety requires him to suppress. The accompanying stories demonstrate the range of Stevenson’s gifts: adventure, horror, psychological complexity, and a narrative economy that makes every sentence count. Published in a beautiful new edition, this collection is essential for readers who think they know the Jekyll and Hyde story only from adaptations — the original is stranger, darker, and more interesting than any of them.