... a fundamental theme in the 19th century gothic and it is one of the literary myths' produced by the desire of otherness' during that period. Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is perhaps one of the most famous examples of 19th century literature of the double' in ... bore in every feature, the marks of prolonged and sordid negligence. The door, which was equipped with neither bell nor knocker, was blistered and distained. (Stevenson, 10) The street is described as merely an anonymous street in London, whose shop fronts "like a fire in a forest" have a brig...

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Comparitive Themes Of Valerie Martin's Mary Reilly, And Robert Louise Stevenson's "The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde" It is common for a writer to take artistic license and apply it to the work of another author. ... of one who has been successful in this quest. In her novel, Mary Reilly, Martin takes the story of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson, and gives it a feeling of familiarity. By adding the perspective of a young servant girl, Mary Reilly, Valerie Martin provides into the raw emotion of the fictional story of ... Dr. Jekyll is expected ...

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