Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with The Merry Men & Other Tales and Fables
Автор:R. L. Stevenson Год: 1999 Издание:Wordsworth Classics Страниц: 256 ISBN: 9781853260612 In seeking to discover his inner self, the brilliant Dr Henry Jekyll discovers a monster. First published to immediate acclaim in 1886, this mesmerising thriller is a terrifying study of the duality of man's nature, and it is the book which established Stevenson's reputuation as a writer. Also included in this volume is Stevenson's 1887 collection of short stories, THE MERRY MEN AND OTHER TALES AND FABLES. THE MERRY MEN is a gripping Highland tale of shipwrecks and 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 and incipient vampirism in the Spanish mountains; "Will O' the Mill", a thought-provoking fable about a mountain inn-keeper; and "The Treasure of Franchard", a study of French bourgeois life.
