Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

<p> </p><p>Robert Louis Stevenson's masterpiece of the duality of good and evil in man's nature sprang from the darkest recesses of his own unconscious-during a nightmare from which his wife awakened him alerted by his screams.</p><p> </p><p>More than a hundred years later this tale of the mild-mannered Dr. Jekyll and the drug that unleashes his evil inner persona-the loathsome twisted Mr. Hyde-has lost none of its ability to shock.</p><p> </p><p>Its realistic police-style narrative chillingly relates Jekyll's desperation as Hyde gains control of his soul-and gives voice to our own fears of the violence and evil within us.</p><p> </p><p>Written before Freud's naming of the ego and the id Stevenson's enduring classic demonstrates a remarkable understanding of the personality's inner conflicts-and remains the irresistibly terrifying stuff of our worst nightmares.</p><p> </p>