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The Mysterious Burning of ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’

Lost Masterpieces

Robert Louis Stevenson is reputed to have thrown his first draft of 'Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' into the fire. But was he the real literary arsonist?

Allison McNearney
Allison McNearney
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Allison McNearney

Allison McNearney

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