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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

The lawyer Utterson hears a strange story about a door and Mr Hyde.

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Original language: EnglishLevel: Advanced3,181 characters · ≈ 5 minSource: Project Gutenberg

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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. At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life. He was austere with himself; drank gin when he was alone, to mortify a taste for vintages; and though he enjoyed the theatre, had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years. But he had an…

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About the book

This is a Gothic horror novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It follows London lawyer Gabriel John Utterson as he investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and a murderous criminal named Edward Hyde. It is considered a defining work of the Gothic genre, and 'Jekyll and Hyde' has entered everyday language to describe people with an outwardly good but shockingly evil nature.

About the author

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer, born and educated in Edinburgh; he later settled in Samoa, where he died. He is best known for the novels Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Kidnapped, and for the poetry collection A Child's Garden of Verses.

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