I read this one a little over six months ago. This is a little collection of four "supernatural" stories which includes the highlight, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, along with The Bottle Imp, Markheim, and The Body-Snatcher. Jekyll and Hyde is a story where I've always known about the basic premise but had never got around to actually reading it. I wish I knew nothing going in so I could have enjoyed the surprise and development of the story rather than just waiting for it to be revealed, but it was still a great story. Probably would have given this book a 9/10 if it was just this story. The other three were not nearly as good and each was less enjoyable than the last with the Body-Snatcher being the weakest with a pretty lame ending, in my opinion. The Bottle Imp was pretty interesting and Markheim was very so-so. Fortunately, Jekyll and Hyde was half of the entire book with the other three tales comprising the remaining half. Overall, not too shabby work from Stevenson and I'm glad to finally get around to Jekyll and Hyde.
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