LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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Coleridge
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Jane Austen
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R.L. Stevenson
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William Faulkner
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Detailed explanation-1: -A short novel by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894), published in 1886. Stevenson wrote his allegorical novel after experiencing a nightmare, describing the story as ‘a fine bogey tale’. Jekyll’s nature has both good and evil facets.
Detailed explanation-2: -Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, novella by Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson, published in 1886. The names of Dr.
Detailed explanation-3: -Stevenson’s fame grew with the publication of Treasure Island (1883), and in 1884 he and Fanny moved to Bournemouth, where they lived for three years. During this period he wrote Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Kidnapped (both published 1886).
Detailed explanation-4: -In the late 1700s, Brodie-a man from a family in Edinburgh’s upper society with a good day job-was caught, tried and hanged for serial theft, and inspired the 1886 horror story The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Detailed explanation-5: -Narrator The narrator is anonymous and speaks in the third person. Dr. Lanyon and Dr. Jekyll each narrate one chapter of the novel via a confessional letter.