Frankenstein 4****I approached this book with a completely open mind having never seen a Frankenstein movie of any kind in its entirety. I have seen snippets from time to time and that's all.What I read in this book was so far from any preconceived notion I might have had. Such a simple story full of guilt, remorse, love and redemption.The wordiness of the early 19th century sometimes gets in the way, but the story within is striking.Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 2**I'll have to give Stevenson credit

I only read the Dracula portion of this book so that's all I'm reviewing.I liked it. It was good. If it had been written today, it DEFINITELY would have been a trilogy. So, I kept thinking we were coming to the end...and then a whole new segment would begin. And for that reason, it seemed too long to me. First I thought it was about going to his castle and how to escape. Then it was about the poor girl and what was going to happen to her. And THEN it was about catching the villain. All very sepa...

These three books have been on my book bucket list for so long and I’m so glad I’ve finally been able to read them!

This is one of my all-time favorite paperbacks. A single binding of Frankenstein, Dracula, and Dr.Jekyll and Mr Hyde with an introduction by Stephen King. I have separately rated Frankenstein as four stars, Dracula as three stars, and I would rate Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde as a big time five stars. Yet the reason I would go a full five stars on this edition is two-fold...1) The idea of placing these novels together is a stroke of genius. You have the three cornerstones of modern horror. Frankenstei...

This combination of novels really summarizes their immortality since they are the true original and foundation of all other horror books. Frankenstein: A marvelous psychological and philosophical book that looks at the good and bad side of humanity and really puts the question of who is the true villain in question. The story itself is quite emotional and gives insight to the conflicted main character who can be seen as both a protagonist in some instances but more so the antagonist overall. The...

This is the exact edition from which I read all three of these books in my college class, Literature of Horror. All are great reads.

I deeply enjoyed Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde! I enjoyed this book because the diction is easily comprehendable and has a fantastic theme arguing scientic rationalism against ambition. The language Robert Louis Stevenson uses enhances the imagery the reader illistrates in their mind and also adds to the overall understanding of London's society in the late nineteenth century. The Gothic mystery serves as the perfect storyline for the overarching theme of the duality of nature as scientist Henry Jekyl...

Frankenstein, Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / 0-451-52363-6The classic three foundational works of horror, and the inspiration for dozens if nor hundreds of movies, are packaged here together in an attractive tight package."Frankenstein" is something of a love-it-or-hate-it work and I will confess of falling on the more heretical side of that equation - there's a strong didactic feel to the work and Shelley comes off a little too hand-wringing and pearl-clutching for my taste. All well and go...

A hard book to rate because I liked Dracula so much (couldn't put the book down and devoured the pages) and I disliked Frankenstein so much (one of the worst "classics" written in my opinion).

Great collection, actually 4 1/2 stars on average, but these are classic horror suspense stories not to miss

Dr. Jekyll created a potion that changed his life. Dr. Jekyll lived a well spent life, born among wealth, and with a hardworking, decent nature. From his birth Jekyll had an interest in the indecent and evil side of life. This interest stuck with him until fully grown when he finally discovered a way to act on it without affecting his reputation.Mr. Utterson, the protagonist of the story and a friend of Dr. Jekyll, is a lawyer who helped create a peculiar will for a good friend Dr. Jekyll for a

You know the book you've read is mediocre at best when the most well-written part was the introduction, even if someone as great as Stephen King wrote it. Three classics in the horror genre, whose influence is felt to this day, you'd think one of them would be above average. Nope. King actually gives fair warning in his intro that the stories are not written particularly well, but I wondered if maybe he was being too harsh. Turns out he was being too kind. First was Frankenstein by Mary Shelley,...

As a horror film fan, the classics include Big Frank, Drac, and to some lesser degree, Jekyll & Hyde aka an early precursor of the Werewolf (before the Lon Chaney Werewolf we know and love.) Bundle those with an introduction by Stephen King and people will buy it, moreover, may even read it. Which I did. And thoroughly was enlightened.The source material for my favorite movies held subtle and differing morsels that were interesting to digest. Even more thought provoking, the best known movie ver...

This was a revisit for me and I'm so glad that I did it! I love these stories so much. Even though they are a little difficult to read because they were written so long ago I still enjoy the stories and the characters within them. These are indeed timeless classics that should be savored and enjoyed for many generations to come.

Well, reading these three alone wasn't enough. I had to do all three together too.. Welcome to the dark side, we have secret formulas.. All three were as creepy as they can be and so beautiful. This was like a compilation of everything that is dark and impossible. Frankentein - I hated the genius coward and felt sad about the creature. Misunderstood and cast out, he didn't deserve to be treated as such. Human nature is as such they will fear what looks scary for the wrong reasons. I think the cr...

Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde was an extremly enjoyable book the mystery contained within the worn pages of this spectacular book, is a mystery that will leave you reading nonstop, leaving you with the yearning to know every detail this short, but fantastic story contained. This book was enjoyable, however the only thing I wished would have been different is the beginning chapter. the opening of this book was not really a pull in to read more. In books one of the most importaint parts that i believe is

I actually only read the Frankenstein portion of this book. I had already read the other two stories previously. As for Frankenstein, it was very different from what I would have guessed from the popularized portrayals I've seen in various forms of media. I had no idea what the story was about, so it was a nice surprise to read it and see what really happened in the story. I also think it's amazing that Mary Shelley wrote this when she was 19. In the introduction Stephen King says that the writi...

After the mammoth read that was Dracula (which I reviewed separately along with Frankenstein), Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was a breeze. The last of the three books in one, at only 40+ pages compared to Dracula’s 400+ I got through it in no time. However the story wasn’t quite as compelling. The majority of it is told in a letter that is probably a third to half of the book in length. It’s an explanation of how Mr Hyde was the meaner side of Dr Jekyll, which even if I had not known from the outset, wa...

Stephen King introduction in this omnibus edition.Stephen King recommended book. In Chapter 3 of Berkley's 1983 paperback edition of Danse Macabre, King said: "The three novels I want to discuss in this chapter seem to have actually achieved that immortality, and I believe it's impossible to discuss horror in the years 1950-1980 with any real fullness of understanding unless we begin with these three books."Those three books are Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dracula, and Frankenstein.

Although I own this edition of the book, and read the Stephen King introduction to it, I am reading a different edition of the three novels. I found a website -- DailyLit -- that emails you snippets of classic books every day, so that they can be read in a serialized manner over the course of a few weeks to months, depending on the length of the work. I am going to experiment with reading these three novels that way and review those editions of them, and my experience with Daily Lit, when I fini...