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You will love this book if you like mysteries built from small clues, foggy Victorian London, and the secret lives behind respectable faces. It suits anyone who enjoys a lawyer as detective.
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Two men on a Sunday walk stop before a battered door in a cheerful London street. One of them, Richard Enfield, says it belongs to a strange story. It begins at three on a winter morning, when a small man tramples a child and walks on without a care. He pays with gold and a check from the shabby building behind the door. Why would a respected gentleman sign money over to a man like that?
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a short novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1886. Mr. Utterson, a lawyer who prefers not to pry, follows a strange will, a murder, a handwriting sample and a locked room.
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- 1A shabby door and a story of crueltyFree
- 2Utterson follows a will to Mr. Hyde
- 3A promise made and a murder done
- 4A letter, a handwriting and a friend's decline
- 5Poole's fear and the door that must be broken
- 6Respectability hides a second self
- 7Silence, loyalty and the fear of knowing
- 8How Stevenson builds the mystery
Point clé 1 sur 8
A shabby door and a story of cruelty
The book opens with Mr. Utterson, a London lawyer. He is strict with himself but gentle with other people's faults, and he is often the last decent friend a man on his way down still has.
Every Sunday he walks with his distant relative, Richard Enfield. One Sunday their route takes them down a bright street of well-kept shops. Between two of them stands a blank, blistered building with a single door.
Enfield says it belongs to a strange story. At three on a dark winter morning, he sees a small man and a running girl collide at a corner. The man tramples the child and walks on. Enfield catches him, and everyone present feels the same hatred for the stranger.
They make him pay one hundred pounds. He unlocks the shabby door with his own key and returns with gold and a check signed with a respected name. The bank honors it. The man is called Hyde, and Enfield cannot say what is wrong with his looks, only that he gives a sense of deformity. Utterson goes quiet, for he knows more than he says.
A single act of cruelty at a plain door starts the mystery, and its first clue is a man nobody can describe.
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Who’s who
- Mr. Utterson
- A reserved London lawyer, strict with himself and loyal to friends, who wants to protect Dr. Jekyll and learn what ties him to Hyde.
- Dr. Henry Jekyll
- A respected, kindly physician of fifty who holds pleasant dinners, but begs his lawyer to leave a private matter alone.
- Mr. Edward Hyde
- A small, pale man whose looks fill everyone with disgust, and who holds a key to Jekyll's laboratory door.
- Dr. Lanyon
- A hearty, proud physician and old friend of Jekyll, who quarrels with him over science and then falls into terror.
- Richard Enfield
- Utterson's distant relative and walking companion, who tells the story of the door and prefers not to ask questions.
- Poole
- Jekyll's loyal butler of twenty years, who grows afraid for his master and brings the lawyer to the laboratory.
- Mr. Guest
- Utterson's head clerk, who studies handwriting and notices a likeness between two hands.
- Sir Danvers Carew
- An elderly, courteous gentleman and client of Utterson, whose chance meeting in a moonlit lane shocks London.
About this edition
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- LengthAbout 23,600 words
- Reading timeAbout 1 h 40 min
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- LanguagesEnglish and 13 other languages
Questions about The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
What is The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde about?
It follows a London lawyer, Mr. Utterson, as he investigates a link between his friend Dr. Jekyll and the cruel, repellent Mr. Hyde. A strange will, a murder and a locked laboratory lead him toward a startling answer.
Who is Mr. Utterson?
Utterson is a reserved, loyal London lawyer who looks after Jekyll's will. Most of the story is told through his eyes, as he gathers clues from friends, servants and documents while trying to keep his promise to protect Jekyll.
When was Jekyll and Hyde written and is it a true story?
Robert Louis Stevenson published it in 1886. It is a work of fiction, set in a London of fog, gas lamps and respectable houses. It is a novella of about twenty-four thousand words.
Is Jekyll and Hyde easy to read?
It is a short novel told in brief chapters, each built around a clear incident such as a door, a letter or a window. The plain, steady narration and the mystery structure make it simple to follow.
What is the main message of Jekyll and Hyde?
The book suggests that a hidden side of a person does not go away when it is concealed. It also shows how reputation, loyalty and silence can protect harm, and how people fear what they recognize in others.
Cite this edition
Stevenson, Robert Louis. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde.
Stevenson, R. L. (2026). The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde (Original work published 1886)
Stevenson, Robert Louis. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde.
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