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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. 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.