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Exam board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR, Eduqas; SQA Level & Subject: GCSE English Literature; Nationals and Highers First teaching: September 2015 First examination: June 2017
This special edition contains edits specifically aimed at assisting readers in understanding the classic text, preparing students for examinations, or providing lesson plans for teachers. This book is ideal for readers in high school, college, or otherwise seeking an easier understanding of a classic text. Original additions may include notes, lessons, and activities designed to foster understanding at key points in the story and at critical chapters. As an educator, I believe that older works of literature must be introduced into new generations. This belief has guided my editing of the original source material. Enjoy this classic piece of literature with an appreciation fostered by greater understanding and insight!
An abridged version of the tale of a kind and well-respected doctor who can turn himself into a murderous madman by taking a secret drug he has created.
The classic text, now popular at GCSE. This edition gives students and teachers plenty of space for their annotations: ideal for revision and essay planning.
Also Known as The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, this Annotation-Friendly edition has: - An introduction by Dr Anne Rooney, author of Jekyll and Hyde: York Notes for GCSE (9-1) - Large spaces between lines for annotations - Large outer margins - Pages at the end of each chapter for note taking - Ariel font size 12 for ease of reading For more on our growing collection of educational books, and bulk discounts for schools, visit: firestonebooks.com
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella written the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1886. It is about a London lawyer who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the misanthropic Edward Hyde. The work is known for its vivid portrayal of a split personality, split in the sense that within the same person there is both an apparently good and an evil personality each being quite distinct from each other; in mainstream culture the very phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" has come to mean a person who is vastly different in moral character from one situation to the next. This is different from multiple personality disorder where the different personalities do not necessarily differ in any moral sense. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was an immediate success and one of Stevenson's best-selling works. Stage adaptations began in Boston and London within a year of its publication and it has gone on to inspire scores of major film and stage performances.
This edition of "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde / Weir of Hermiston" includes Stevenson's essay "The Importance of Dreams". Both these stories deal in different ways with a topic which fascinated Stevenson: the duality of human nature.
This is the tale of a doctor who, after inventing a miraculous potion, transforms himself into a terrible, murderous, alter ego. In doing so, this story explores one of the most compelling and exciting themes in literature - the struggle between good and evil.Although suitable for every reader, this edition of Stevenson's timeless classic is particularly well-suited to students studying Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for their GCSE in English Literature. Here, the larger font size will make reading the text a more comfortable experience. Perhaps even more helpfully, wider margins and a blank sheet after each chapter provide useful extra space for students (and teachers) to add their own explanatory notes and points for further thought.
