Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Introduction (AO3)

• The text questions Victorian beliefs
• People were living double lives
• Victorian society was very rigid and strict, and there was a strict moral code in place.
• The story is based on a dream the author, R.L.  Stevenson, had.
• The book was written in 1886.
• The author was born in 1850.
• The story focuses on male friendship.
• It is a dark novel, from the gothic sub-genre.
• It was written during the period of Enlightenment.
• The author studied law at University.
• Queen Victoria was the reigning Queen
• Gothic fiction was becoming very popular. (Why?)

 

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