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Robert Louis Stevenson

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Mystery, Thriller and Adventure

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Language
English
First published
1886
Reading time
112 minutes
Chapters
10 chapters

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Mr Utterson, a sober London lawyer, is troubled when his old friend Dr Henry Jekyll makes a will leaving everything to a man called Edward Hyde, a small, violent stranger whom everyone who meets him instantly loathes.

Why would a kind and respected doctor protect such a man? Robert Louis Stevenson's short novel of 1886 unfolds like a detective story, through letters and witness accounts, and its title has become a byword for the hidden side of a person. It can be read in a single sitting, and it stays with you.

Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary and yet somehow lovable. At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to…

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Chapters

10 chapters
  1. Story of the Door11 min
  2. Search for Mr. Hyde13 min
  3. Dr. Jekyll Was Quite at Ease4 min
  4. The Carew Murder Case8 min
  5. Incident of the Letter8 min
  6. Incident of Dr. Lanyon7 min
  7. Incident at the Window3 min
  8. The Last Night19 min
  9. Dr. Lanyon’s Narrative13 min
  10. Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case31 min

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