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Indlæser... Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (First Edition) (Norton Critical… (original 1886; udgave 2003)af Robert Louis Stevenson (Forfatter), Katherine B. Linehan (Redaktør)
Work InformationDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [Norton Critical Edition] af Robert Louis Stevenson (1886)
   Epistolary Books (67) Books Set in London (37) Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog.  ChrisRiesbeck | Mar 18, 2023 |  Finally read story have heard of for years. No real surprises, ritaer | Sep 27, 2019 | Just read this for maybe the 8th time, this time with my Victorian Lit class. For such a short novel (a novella, really), it presents an incredibly comprehensive image of some of the central anxieties of Victorian culture. It's not much like the various films made from it in violence--there are only two murders in the book vs. some of the veritable blood baths that occur in the films. But the insight into internal conflicts and struggles, especially considering the Victorian concerns with belief, keeping up middle-class appearances, and science/religion controversy, is eye-opening. One thing to keep in mind as you read is that the conflict is not between Jekyll-the-good and Hyde-the-evil, but between Hyde-the-all-evil and Jekyll-the-good-and-evil. Also, be aware of the subtext of whether one is one's brother's keeper. (  ) Jujunna | Jul 25, 2014 | Delicious fiction; has much of the feel of a Conan-Doyle Sherlock Holmes story, with an added undercurrent of supernatural fright. Questions of human nature are put very directly, but without any attempt to provide direct or simple answers that disrespect the reader's intelligence. The characters--Utterson, Jeckyll, Hyde, Lanyon--are all quite memorably sketched. (  ) manque | Dec 8, 2007 | It has been noted as "one of the best guidebooks of the Victorian times because of its piercing description of the fundamental dichotomy of the 19th century outward respectability and inward lust" as it had a tendency for social hypocrisy. Victorian yes, but most people I know lead some kind of double life, some worse than others - the theme is a timeless observation of social morality. See also the open source annotated version: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Annotated_Strange_Case_Of_Dr_Jekyll_And_Mr_Hyd... ( ) Stbalbach | Jul 3, 2006 | ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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"Backgrounds and Contexts" includes a wealth of materials on the tale's publication history as well as its relevance to Victorian culture. Twelve of Stevenson's letters from the years 1885-87 are excerpted, along with his essay "A Chapter on Dreams," in which he comments on the plot's origin. Ten contemporary responses--including those by Julia Wedgwood, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Henry James--illustrate Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde's initial reception. Stevenson's 1885 tale "Markheim," a precursor to Jekyll and Hyde and a window onto the Victorian sensation market, is reprinted in its entirety in this Norton Critical Edition. Karl Miller, Jenni Calder, and Judith Halberstam discuss literary genres central to Jekyll and Hyde. Four scientific essays--including one by Stephen Jay Gould--elucidate Victorian conceptions of atavism, multiple-personality disorder, narcotics addiction, and sexual aberration. Judith R. Walkowitz and Walter Houghton consider the implications of Victorian moral conformity and political disunity for society at large. "Performance Adaptations" addresses--in writings by C. Alex Pinkston, Jr., Charles King, and Scott Allen Nollen--the many ways in which Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde has been dramatized over more than a century and explores its status as a perpetually effective vehicle for changing psychological and social concerns. A checklist of major performance adaptions is provided, along with a sampler of publicity photos. "Criticism" includes essays by G. K. Chesterton, Vladimir Nabokov, Peter K. Garrett, Patrick Brantlinger, and Katherine Linehan that center on the tale's major themes of morality, allegory, and self-alienation. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included. No library descriptions found. |
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The structure of the story may frustrate modern readers who know the basic story from multiple movie and TV versions. The first half or more is set up like a mystery. Who is Mr. Hyde? What hold does he have over Dr. Jekyll. Why does the good doctor provide him housing ? Why has the doctor changed his will to leave everything to him? Why is everyone who meets Mr. Hyde immediately filled with disgust? And eventually, why did Mr. Hyde fly into a rage over some minor interaction and beat a man to death? Why does Dr. Jekyll then hide himself away? Why does his old friend Mr. Lanyon want nothing more to do with him? Since we know what is going on, it's easy to have a "get on with it" reaction to this lengthy section of the story.
After all this mystery has been set up, and events come to a climax, two documents are then presented to end the story, one from Mr. Lanyon who learned the truth, and then final story of how it all began from Dr. Jekyll.
The Norton Critical edition includes footnotes, a thematically related earlier story, Markheim, various reviews of the time, some essays by noted modern critics like Nabokov, and a discussion of how the story has been repurposed in plays and multiple movies, noting how the first major stage version added several elements used so often that it's surprising they are not in the original story.
As a classic, and a short one at that, how could this not be recommended? (