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After taking an elixir created in his laboratory, mild mannered Dr Jekyll is transformed into the cruel and despicable Mr Hyde. Although seemingly harmless at first, things soon descend into chaos and Jekyll quickly realises there is only one way to stop Hyde.
Titulli: The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Origjinali: The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Gjinia: Roman
Autori: Robert Louis Stevenson
Shtëpia botuese: Collins Classics
Viti: 2010
Fq. 116
Pesha: 0.078 kg
ISBN: 978-0-00-735100-8
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After taking an elixir created in his laboratory, mild mannered Dr Jekyll is transformed into the cruel and despicable Mr Hyde. Although seemingly harmless at first, things soon descend into chaos and Jekyll quickly realises there is only one way to stop Hyde.
