OPEN A BOOK,OPEN THE WORLD
作者：Stevenson, Robert Louis/ Levine, Caroline
出版社：Norton
出版日期：2023.12.25
ISBN：9780393870725
書號：30267688
裝訂：平裝
定價：$379
天使與魔鬼，有時只是一體兩面
影響後世無數的恐怖小說《化身博士》
傑可醫生是倫敦知名的醫生，為人和善，仁心仁術，然而一天發生在倫敦暗巷內的恐怖殺人慘劇，卻讓傑可醫生的律師歐特森，懷疑犯下慘劇的兇手嫌疑人‧ 海德先生，可能就窩藏在傑可醫生的家中，最奇怪的是，傑可醫生的遺囑中，將一切都留給一位名叫愛德華‧海德的人，歐特森於是和傑可醫生的老師蘭揚醫生著手調查這樁奇怪的事件。
隨著海德先生的蹤跡越來越猖狂，犯下多起傷害罪，引發倫敦街頭一陣惶恐；傑可醫生卻反而越加畏縮，開始離群索居，不願與他人往來，當歐特森與蘭揚醫生抽絲剝繭，卻驚覺掩埋於驚悚兇案下的真相令人瞠目結舌，無法相信...
首次以雙重人格為主題，書寫文明與野蠻的掙扎與心理轉折，開創現代心理小說的先驅，出版後立即引發旋風，甚至連維多利亞女王也曾引述故事內容，可謂是史蒂文生的生涯代表作。
The Norton Library edition of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde features the text of the first (1886) British edition. A thorough introduction by Caroline Levine discusses the contexts and structure of Stevenson’s thrilling horror, highlighting the literary achievements of “a fable that lies nearer to poetry than to ordinary prose fiction” (Vladimir Nabokov). Other selections include “Picturesque Notes on Edinburgh,” “The Body-Snatcher,” “Markheim,” and “The Bottle Imp.”
The Norton Library is a growing collection of high-quality texts and translations―influential works of literature and philosophy―introduced and edited by leading scholars. Norton Library editions prepare readers for their first encounter with the works that they’ll re-read over a lifetime.
About the Editor: Caroline Levine is David and Kathleen Ryan Professor of the Humanities and Professor of English at Cornell University. She has written three books: The Serious Pleasures of Suspense: Victorian Realism and Narrative Doubt (2003), Provoking Democracy: Why We Need the Arts (2007), and Forms: Whole, Rhythm, Hierarchy, Network (2015). She is the nineteenth-century editor for the Norton Anthology of World Literature.
