Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Hyde
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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is an 1886 Gothic novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It follows Gabriel John Utterson, a London-based legal practitioner who investigates a series of strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll , and a murderous criminal named Edward Hyde.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- 1886
Jun 20, 2024 · The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, novella by Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson, published in 1886. The names of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the two alter egos of the main character, have become shorthand for the exhibition of wildly contradictory behaviour, especially between private and public selves.
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Set in Victorian London, the novella tells the story of Dr. Henry Jekyll, a well-respected scientist, and his mysterious and malevolent alter ego, Mr. Edward Hyde. Jekyll’s experiments with a potion lead to the physical and moral transformation into Hyde, an embodiment of his darker impulses.
Oct 31, 1992 · JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE *** The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde. by Robert Louis Stevenson. Contents. STORY OF THE DOOR. SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE. DR. JEKYLL WAS QUITE AT EASE. THE CAREW MURDER CASE. INCIDENT OF THE LETTER. INCIDENT OF DR. LANYON. INCIDENT AT THE WINDOW. THE LAST NIGHT. DR. LANYON’S NARRATIVE.
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A year passes uneventfully. Then, one night, a servant girl witnesses Hyde brutally beat to death an old man named Sir Danvers Carew, a member of Parliament and a client of Utterson. The police contact Utterson, and Utterson suspects Hyde as the murderer.
Hyde passed through the door and returned with a cheque drawn on the account of Dr Henry Jekyll, a respected physician. Enfield assumed Hyde had obtained the money by blackmailing Jekyll, and he and Utterson agree to say no more about the affair.
