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Short Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, the Bottle Imp, Markheim, the Merry Men, the Body Snatcher
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-05-02.
ISBN 9781155270913
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, the Bottle Imp, Markheim, the Merry Men, the Body Snatcher, the Beach of Falesá, the Pavilion on the Links, the Adventure of the Hansom Cab, the Adventure of Prince Florizel and a Detective, Story of the Physician and the Saratoga Trunk, Story of the Young Man With the Cream Tarts, Story of the Bandbox, Story of the House With the Green Blinds, Story of the Young Man in Holy Orders. Excerpt: " Markheim " is a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson first published in 1885 in The Broken Shaft: Tales of Mid-Ocean . The story was later published in Stevenson's collection The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables (1887). Plot summary The story opens in an antique store, where the proprietor (called a "dealer") is complaining that his customer, a shifty man named Markheim, is bothering him on Christmas day. The dealer, who is previously acquainted with him, clearly believes that Markheim is a thief, come to pawn stolen goods. Markheim claims that he has come this time not to sell, but to buy a Christmas present for a woman he will soon marry. Somewhat incredulous but willing to make a sale, the dealer presents a mirror. Markheim takes fright at his own reflection, claiming that no man wants to see what a mirror shows him. Markheim is strangely reluctant to end the transaction, trying to draw the dealer into conversation on one pretext or another; but when the dealer insists that Markheim must buy or leave, Markheim consents to stop tarrying and review more goods. The dealer turns his back to replace the mirror, and Markheim pulls out a knife and stabs him to death. Markheim spends some minutes recovering his nerve, when he hears someone moving about upstairs, though he knows the servant has taken the day off and no one should be there. He reassure
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