PPC - DR JEKYLL AND MR/ HYDE
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
9780143427254
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Rs. 700.00 Rs. 560.00
| Author(s) :- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON | Format :- Paperback |
| Publisher :- PENGUIN BOOKS INDIA PVT LTD | Pub. Date :- 2016-11-25 |
| ISBN-13 :- 9780143427254 |
Description
WILL ANYBODY FIND OUT THE HORRIBLE SECRET OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE?BOLD VISIONARY HENRY JEKYLL BELIEVES HE CAN USE HIS SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE TO DIVIDE A PERSON INTO TWO BEINGS: ONE OF PURE GOOD AND ONE OF PURE EVIL/ WORKING TIRELESSLY IN HIS SECRET LABORATORY, CONCOCTING A POTION THAT WOULD TEAR AT THE CORE OF WHAT MAKES A MAN HUMAN, HE EVENTUALLY SUCCEEDS—BUT ONLY HALFWAY/ THE BOOK FOLLOWS A REALISTIC, POLICE-STYLE NARRATIVE WHICH CHILLINGLY RELATES JEKYLL’S DESPERATION AS HYDE GAINS CONTROL OF HIS SOUL—AND GIVES VOICE TO OUR OWN FEAR OF THE VIOLENCE AND EVIL WITHIN US/ STEVENSON’S ENDURING CLASSIC DEMONSTRATES A REMARKABLE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PERSONALITY’S INNER CONFLICTS—AND REMAINS THE IRRESISTIBLY TERRIFYING STUFF OF OUR WORST NIGHTMARES
