"Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson - Longmans, Green, London - 1886 second edition - 15cmx13cm - condition: very good, original cover mounted on hardcover, with some rubbing to spine and boards, some page smudges, complete in good condition. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde[1] is an 1886 Gothic novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It follows Gabriel John Utterson, a London-based legal practitioner who investigates a series of strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and a murderous criminal named Edward Hyde. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is one of the most famous pieces of English literature, and is considered to be a defining book of the gothic horror genre. The novella has also had a sizeable impact on popular culture, with the phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" being used in vernacular to refer to people with an outwardly good but sometimes shockingly evil nature