Classic & Older Gothic

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

A respected London physician conceals a dark connection to the monstrous Edward Hyde, whose violent crimes terrorize the city. Stevenson's Gothic novella explores the duality of human nature and the Victorian anxiety over respectability and hidden vice through a tale of chemical transformation and moral dissolution.

More Classic & Older Gothic

• Redwall — Brian Jacques
• Chapterhouse: Dune — Frank Herbert
• The Naked Sun — Isaac Asimov
• The Vile Village — Lemony Snicket
• The Pillars of the Earth — Ken Follett
• Christine — Stephen King
• The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom — Miguel Ruiz
• Winnie-the-Pooh — A.A. Milne

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