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So I am realizing how much I enjoy these classic gothic horror/suspense novels. That said, this particular one is a bit lacking. It’s partly the pacing, and partly the rather blunt ways that Stevenson obscures the twist. As a reader, you’re not given those tantalizing glimpses that make these stories so compelling. At least, not enough of them, and they’re not as well executed as they could be. You never feel like you’re on the verge of being drawn into Jekyll’s (or Hyde’s!) point of view, until the very last chapter. So what you’re left with is a pretty opaque mystery with a lengthy, philosophical reveal that doesn’t really feel like it was earned. Read for a group. The concept is wondrous. Some film versions may be, too (any recommendations?). The story, as told by RLS, is surprisingly tedious imo. A few years after this, [a:Oscar Wilde|3565|Oscar Wilde|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1521044377p2/3565.jpg] published [b:The Picture of Dorian Gray|41740824|The Picture of Dorian Gray|Oscar Wilde|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1536427481s/41740824.jpg|1858012]. And a few years after that, [a:Sigmund Freud|10017|Sigmund Freud|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1406688955p2/10017.jpg] published [b:The Interpretation of Dreams|287679|The Interpretation of Dreams|Sigmund Freud|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327723926s/287679.jpg|1758256], about our hidden thoughts, and also remember he popularized the idea of Id & Ego. I wonder if RLS influenced the others, or if there was something, some sort of meme, going around. Darwin's works had been around for awhile, but I suppose we could give some credit to Descent of Man, 1871, and [b:The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals|24515|The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals|Charles Darwin|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1429139700s/24515.jpg|25366], 1872, if we consider that Dorian's portrait, Mr. Hyde, and our Ids are all expressions of a bestial nature. (Notwithstanding that would be a misinterpretation of Darwin's thesis.) I dunno. I don't know enough history to know what would likely have influenced RLS. Do any of you?
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Often people think of H.G. Wells or Jules Verne when they want to reference “proto” fiction from the Victorian Period that inspired the steampunk genre of today. But there are other authors of the era who wrote individual works that are as seminal to the steampunk imagination as those who wrote only what were then known as “scientific romances”. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote historical adventure novels, weird tales, and this early science fiction masterpiece. This novella is important because it ingeniously dramatizes the implications of the new sciences of evolutionary biology, chemical pharmacology and deep psychology, while combining these factors within a realistic frame story of amateur detective work, a strained fellowship of medical professionals coming to grips with dangerous new scientific powers, and the fog-bound, Gothic setting of the gas-lit labyrinths of Late Victorian London. What is more, Stevenson's prose is not only very accessible to the 21st century reader, it is beautifully constructed. He was a rare combination of master stylist and master storyteller. Stevenson's solution to the central mystery is no neat conclusion, but one that leaves accessory enigmas to linger in the mind. More than a mere cautionary tale, for Stevenson's characters, science reveals the world is more than we suspect. ( )