Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Graphic Novel by Robert Louis Stevenson (author)

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 secretive laboratory, concocting a potion that tears at the core of what makes a man human, he eventually succeeds — but only halfway. Instead of separating the good and evil halves, Jekyll isolates only the latter. As Jekyll turns into the cruel, murderous Dr Hyde, can he undo what he has done? Or is he damned forever? A gripping graphic retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel.

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9789380028064

Publisher

Campfire

Date published

September 1st, 2010

Lexile measure

GN610L

Condition

New

Author/Illustrator

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson was born in 1850 in Edinburgh. He suffered from illness throughout his life and had to spend large parts of his childhood in bed. As a result, he didn’t learn to read until he was seven or eight, but he loved to tell stories to his mother and nurse. Robert loved to travel and he spent a lot of time in his twenties travelling in Europe and writing about his experiences. When he was 26, Robert met an American woman called Fanny. They married in San Francisco in1880 and returned to Britain with Fanny’s twelve-year-old son Lloyd. That same year, during a rainy holiday in Scotland, Robert and Lloyd drew a treasure map for fun and it was this that inspired Robert to write Treasure Island. When the book was published in 1883 he dedicated it to Lloyd. In 1888 the family set off for a three-year-long tour of the South Pacific which eventually ended when they bought a house in Samoa. Robert was loved by the Samoan people and continued to write until the day he died, very suddenly, aged just 44.