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The New Annotated Strange Case ofDr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeEdited by Leslie S. KlingerForward by Joe HillMysterious Press 10/18/22Show NotesThe definitive edition of Robert Louis Stevenson’s immortal tale of depraved murder andunrelenting horror, introduced by Joe Hill, annotated by Edgar-winner Leslie S. Klinger, &illustrated with over 100 color imagesThere’s no question that The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is one of the mostinfluential texts of all time. The now-iconic tale, which has confounded and thrilled readers formore than a century, was described by one scholar as the only detective-crime story in whichthe solution is more terrifying than the problem. And even as its plot gets continuallyreinterpreted and reimagined in literature, film, and theater, the main themes persist, as do thetitular characters, now so familiar as to have become a part of the English language.This new edition gives the classic tale of depraved murder and unrelenting horror its mostcomplete and illuminating present