Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Part 10 summary
Part 10 of 10 · 28 min to read the part
In Henry Jekyll’s Full Account of the Case, Henry Jekyll explains how his drug releases Edward Hyde and lets him pursue hidden pleasures without risking his public identity. After murder, failed restraint, and involuntary transformations, he exhausts the effective ingredients and finishes his confession without knowing how Hyde’s life ends.
What happens
- Jekyll develops a drug that transforms him into Hyde, whom he regards as his evil side given separate bodily form.
- He establishes a house, financial arrangements, and access to his home so Hyde can act while Jekyll avoids suspicion.
- After waking unexpectedly as Hyde, Jekyll stops transforming for two months, but a relapse leads to Sir Danvers’s murder.
- An involuntary transformation in Regent’s Park forces Hyde to arrange help through letters to Lanyon and Poole.
- Transformations become frequent, sleep brings Hyde back, and increasingly large doses only temporarily restore Jekyll.
- Replacement salt fails, and Jekyll finishes his confession under the final effective dose, uncertain whether Hyde faces execution or suicide.

Free for 3 months
Get the full summary of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, free
- 200,000+ classics as eBooks, audiobooks and 15-minute summaries, and print and large print at cost
- Up to 5 readers in your home on one plan
In this part
Quick check
Why does Jekyll believe fresh salt fails to produce an effective drug?

Free for 3 months
Get the full summary of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, free
- 200,000+ classics as eBooks, audiobooks and 15-minute summaries, and print and large print at cost
- Up to 5 readers in your home on one plan

15-minute summaries today, eBooks and audiobooks as each book opens, and printed books, large print included, at cost.
Try 3 months free

















