With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Tim Middleton; Head of English Studies; University of Ripon and York. In seeking to discover his inner self; the brilliant Dr Jekyll discovers a monster. First published to critical acclaim in 1886; this mesmerising thriller is a terrifying study of the duality of man's nature; and it is the book which established Stevenson's reputation as a writer. Also included in this volume is Stevenson's 1887 collection of short stories; The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables. The Merry Men is a gripping Highland tale of shipwrecks and madness; Markheim; the sinister study of the mind of a murderer; Thrawn Janet; a spine-chilling tale of demonic possession; Olalla; a study of degeneration and incipient vampirism in the Spanish mountains; Will O' the Mill; a thought-provoking fable about a mountain inn-keeper; and The Treasure of Franchard; a study of French bourgeois life.