I must admit there are many many classics that I haven't read. Case-in-point, this one. It was quite good, and to my surprise, quite short. (for some reason I had it in my head that this was a standard length novel) The story itself was very well written, and really draws the reader in, and invokes all the necessary emotions (suspense, dread) at all the appropriate times. What I found even more fascinating in the old copy I have, was a foreword discussing the life of author Robert Louis Stevenson. The guy apparently lived a quite unwell life (though well traveled), and his ill health around the time he wrote this piece was such that he seldom had visitors, and in a fit of disgust threw the first copy into the fire. I'm glad he decided to rewrite it.
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, and its tale of the duality of human nature, is definitely worth a read.
Saturday, 19 April 2008
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