Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: (Robert Louis Stevenson Classics Collection) Contributor(s): Stevenson, Robert Louis (Author) |
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ISBN: 1508476241 ISBN-13: 9781508476245 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $6.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - Genetic Engineering - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Thrillers - General |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 950 |
Physical Information: 0.15" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.24 lbs) 72 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: MR. UTTERSON the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable. At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life. He was austere with himself; drank gin when he was alone, to mortify a taste for vintages; and though he enjoyed the theatre, had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years. But he had an approved tolerance for others; sometimes wondering, almost with envy, at the high pressure of spirits involved in their misdeeds; and in any extremity inclined to help rather than to reprove. |