Author:Robert Louis Stevenson

How thin is the line between good and evil?
Discover the classic tale of gothic horror
Dr Jekyll has been experimenting with his identity. He has developed a drug which separates the two sides of his nature and allows him occasionally to abandon himself to his most corrupt inclinations as the monstrous Mr Hyde. But gradually he begins to find that the journey back to goodness becomes more and more difficult, and the risk that Mr Hyde will break free entirely from Dr Jekyll's control puts all of London in grave peril.
Stevenson's short stories are certain to retain their position in English literature. His serious rivals are few indeed
—— Arthur Conan DoyleMr Hyde's sordid and perhaps deviant excesses are rendered more suggestive through being left undescribed
—— Sarah WatersA fable that lies nearer to poetry than to ordinary prose fiction
—— Vladimir NabokovRobert Louis Stevenson...was a storyteller, that's what I'd like to be, that's what I'm trying to be
—— Quintin JardineJekyll and Hyde, in particular, is such an important novel in terms of suspense and setting a perfect scene for crime
—— Alanna KnightWriters I love: Ellroy, Larry Block, Robert Louis Stevenson, Muriel Spark, Anthony Burgess, Chandler... '[Edinburgh] was the city of Jekyll & Hyde, where the template for that story was a real-life Edinburgh character named Deacon William Brodie, who was a gentleman by day and a burglar and murderer by night. He gave Stevenson his story
—— Ian RankinAnother genius Scottish take on the theme of split personalities. Needs no further introduction
—— Maggie O’FarrellCharming and compelling
—— Big IssueEach character is a world, a story marvellously integrated into the whole...A master storyteller has become a fabulous chronicler of reality. If Obabakoak charmed us, The Accordionist's Son charms and moves us
—— La VanguardiaThis is a richly textured, beautifully-written glimpse into a world that makes its otherworldliness felt
—— Sunday Business PostI've recorded all the Jeeves books, and I can tell you this: it's like singing Mozart. The perfection of the phrasing is a physical pleasure. I doubt if any writer in the English language has more perfect music
—— Simon CallowThe greatest comic writer ever
—— Douglas AdamsWodehouse was quite simply the Bee's Knees. And then some
—— Joseph ConnollyI constantly find myself drooling with admiration at the sublime way Wodehouse plays with the English language
—— Simon BrettQuite simply, the master of comic writing at work
—— Jane MooreTo pick up a Wodehouse novel is to find oneself in the presence of genius - no writer has ever given me so much pure enjoyment
—— John Julius NorwichCompulsory reading for anyone who has a pig, an aunt - or a sense of humour!
—— Lindsey DavisThe funniest writer ever to put words to paper
—— Hugh LaurieP.G. Wodehouse should be prescribed to treat depression. Cheaper, more effective than valium and far, far more addictive
—— Olivia WilliamsMy only problem with Wodehouse is deciding which of his enchanting books to take to my desert island
—— Ruth Dudley EdwardsThe Wodehouse wit should be registered at Police HQ as a chemical weapon
—— Kathy LetteWitty and effortlessly fluid. His books are laugh-out-loud funny
—— Arabella WeirP.G. Wodehouse wrote the best English comic novels of the century
—— Sebastian FaulksSublime comic genius
—— Ben EltonWodehouse's idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in
—— Evelyn Waugh






