Last but not least is the Victorian classic Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (27,622). Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 tale is very readable and probably not what most people anticipate thanks to Hollywood's various offerings. By the way, Stevenson intended for the character's name to be pronounced JEEKel, thus rhyming with seek -- and so it was until Americans got hold of the story in the early 1900s, at which point we instantly began mispronouncing the old Scottish name. Jekyll and Hyde can give students a sense of the Gothic period, and it also lends itself to interesting discussions on the nature of Man and the role of the subconscious.
