Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydy

The enduring success of R. L. Stevenson's Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde is attributed to the author's articulate exposure of fragile Victorian idealism, and the crass hypocrisy of contemporary society in its sincere practice. So popular was this work of 1886 vintage, that over the elapsed years, the names 'Jekyll and Hyde' have come to represent the two-sided personality of a protagonist

Henry Jekyll's lawyer friend Mr. Utterson is driven by nagging curiosity and probes the former's deep relationslup with one Edward Hyde. The developing plot unfolds with brilliant portrayal of Mr. Hyde as none other than the wicked face of Dr. Jekyll. In the end Henry Jekyll comes clean without any reservations and exposes the foundations of his mysterious relationship.

Also appearing in this volume are selected short stories by the author: The Treasure of Franchard that has a masterly depiction of a bourgeois mind-set, and a nail-biting Highland story The Merry Men of violent sea-disasters, drowned sailors and the fortunes that lay in their watery graves