A mix of horror tale, science fiction, and detective story, Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was an immediate success when it was first published. Something about the story—something beyond the thrill of a good scare or the pull of a good mystery—keeps readers returning to it even after many generations.

This Core Classics® edition of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is abridged and adapted for young readers. Some passages have been left out of the original text, and some have been rewritten to make them more readily understandable. The book includes many helpful notes and a brief biography of the author.

The Core Classics® series presents stories loved for generations in abridged versions for young readers, illustrated and annotated, and faithful to the style, plot, and themes of the originals.