
Little known fact: the original title of one of Robert Louis Stevenson's more famous works was, The Strange Case of Dr. Dore and Mr. Miro. Aside from the obvious typo, the publisher made two suggestions: first, change the names because those are too odd (I'm not sure that "Jekyll" and "Hyde" are any better, but it's not my book).
Second, there needed to be a more dramatic way of showing the duality of human nature, the evil that lies within, than simply drawing cartoons. But the basics of the plot were there.
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