Of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
A Study Guide Study Guide Prepared by Michael J. Cummings...©
2005 Revised in 2010.© The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde is a novel of horror focusing on events resulting from
scientific experimentation. The novel contains elements of
science fiction, a literary genre focusing on a fictional story
of how scientific experiments, discoveries, and technologies
affect human beings for better or worse. Science fiction differs
from pure fantasy in that it presents events that appear to be
scientifically plausible. The book also contains elements of
Gothic fiction. The New York firm of Charles Scribner's Sons
published Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on January 5, 1886. The London
firm of Longmans, Green, and Company published the book on
January 9 of the same year. Robert Louis Stevenson's source of
inspiration for The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was
a dream he had while recovering from an illness at Bournemouth,
England. When he awoke fro