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His friends were those of his own blood or those whom he had known the longest; his affections, like ivy, were the growth of time, they implied no aptness in the object . An Introduction outlining composition and early reception, an overview of critical interpretations, an analysis of the language of the text and a section on derivative works. At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye ; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.We are dedicated to providing you with an extensive selection of science fiction books from a variety of authors and publishers.

Set your mind at rest,' says he, 'I will stay with you till the banks open and cash the cheque myself.The novella’s capturing of the enduring fascination with the dark side of human nature has ensured its popularity in stage plays, films, and television productions over the years. He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn't specify the point . The novel can be viewed in relation to the love-hate relationship with his father, whom he depended upon for financial support during his lifelong struggles with severe respiratory illness, which led to drug addiction from his attempts to cope with the illness. The now-iconic tale, which has confounded and thrilled readers for more than a century, was described by one scholar as the only detective-crime story in which the solution is more terrifying than the problem.

It is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the misanthropic Edward Hyde. Heavily illustrated with more than 150 full colour images, extensively annotated by Edgar Award winning editor and noted Victorian-literature expert Leslie S. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella written the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1886.Utterson and Enfield are out for a walk when they pass a strange-looking door (the entrance to Dr Jekyll’s laboratory). This was nine years before Freud conducted his first psychoanalysis, and decades before Jung introduced the concept of the shadow.

Two doors from one corner , on the left hand going east, the line was broken by the entry of a court; and just at that point, a certain sinister block of building thrust forward its gable on the street.

Air pollution from coal in the newly industrialized London produced gray skies that could last for months during the wet foggy winters.