Robert Louis Stevenson (1850, Edinburgh - 1894, Samoa) - a famous English writer and poet, classic of neo-romanticism and author of adventure novels and short stories - entered the history of world literature as a fine stylist and master of psychological portraiture. with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde "(1886) - Stevenson's Gothic novel, a traditional rethinking of the theme of duality in man. All it took was for the virtuous Dr. Jekyll to succumb to his secret desires, to make and test his miracle elixir, just as Mr. Hyde broke into the world of God - the embodiment of evil and vice, a more aggressive and immoral part of Dr. Jekyll's nature.
« Suicide Club "and" Raji's Diamond "- a series of short stories about the adventures of Prince Florizel, a crowned adventurer, a very artistic and eccentric man, whose favorite business is the investigation of confusing crimes and intrigues.
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