The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is the classic novella of split personality. Stevenson wrote it in just a few days while sick and bedridden, and famously burned the first draft after his wife suggested it should be written as an allegory and not as a story. He re-wrote it in three to six days, and after a few weeks of editing and revision he published what would become one of his most famous and best-selling works.
The story follows a London lawyer as he investigates the relationship between a brilliant scientist and a misshapen misanthrope. As the link between the two becomes clearer, Jekyll and Hyde develops into an allegory on the nature of good and evil.
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Gabriel John Utterson, Dr Henry Jekyll, Edward Hyde, Dr Lanyon, Richard Enfield, Henry Jekyll (Fictitious character), Edward Hyde (Fictitious character), Sir Danvers Carew (fictitious)Places
London (England), England, London, Londres (Inglaterra), Londrés (Inglaterra), Inglaterra, LondresTimes
19th century, 16e siècleShowing 12 featured editions. View all 373 editions?
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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Collins Classics)
2017, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
in English
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: a story of crime
2015, Collins Crime Club
in English
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Oct 14, 2013, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
paperback
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The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2013, Dalmatian Press, LLC
in English
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El extraño caso del Dr Jekyll y Mr Hyde: Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
2012, SmArt of Selling Factory
in Spanish
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Le cas étrange du Dr Jekyll et de M. Hyde
2007, Flammarion
in French
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: And Other Strange Tales
2000, Ann Arbor Editions LLC
in English
1587266180 9781587266188
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"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."
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Mr. Gabriel Utterson is a serious, austere lawyer living a humdrum life in Victorian London. Yet there is a strange clause in his friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll's will: should he disappear for more than 3 months, everything will be inherited by Hyde. But after Edward Hyde's darker nature is revealed one dark winters night, Mr. Utterson begins to investigate the connection between the two men, and finds the dark secret binding them closer then he could have ever thought imaginable.
Adapted countless times in film, some times in video game form, and referenced countless times in popular culture, here is the story that started it all: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde!
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