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What would you risk to uncover the violent stranger hidden behind a trusted friend’s locked doors?
Mr. Utterson values restraint, loyalty, and discretion. But a troubling story from his relative Mr. Enfield draws the London lawyer toward Edward Hyde, a violent stranger. Then Utterson finds reason for deeper alarm: his friend and client, Dr. Henry Jekyll, has given Hyde an extraordinary claim on his property if he dies or disappears.
Jekyll is wealthy, sociable, and known for good works. Why does he protect Hyde and refuse to explain their connection? As violence grows more serious, Utterson’s investigation leads from public streets into closed rooms. Robert Louis Stevenson builds this Gothic novella through conversations, documents, and witnesses who cannot fully understand what they see.
What you’ll discover
- A loyal friend’s unease Follow Utterson as his loyalty to Jekyll draws him toward questions he cannot leave unanswered.
- London behind locked doors Enter a world of anxious servants, guarded rooms, and streets shadowed by secrecy.
- A mystery in fragments Piece together conversations and documents while sharing the limits of Utterson’s troubled view.
- The cost of respectability Explore how protecting a good name can stand in the way of confronting danger.
- Desires beneath the surface Face unsettling questions about private impulses and the struggle between control and destructive desire.
Who will love it
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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The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A shabby door and a story of cruelty
- Utterson follows a will to Mr. Hyde
- A promise made and a murder done
- A letter, a handwriting and a friend's decline
- Poole's fear and the door that must be broken
- Respectability hides a second self
- Silence, loyalty and the fear of knowing
- How Stevenson builds the mystery
Who’s who
- Mr. UttersonA 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 JekyllA respected, kindly physician of fifty who holds pleasant dinners, but begs his lawyer to leave a private matter alone.
- Mr. Edward HydeA small, pale man whose looks fill everyone with disgust, and who holds a key to Jekyll's laboratory door.
- Dr. LanyonA hearty, proud physician and old friend of Jekyll, who quarrels with him over science and then falls into terror.
- Richard EnfieldUtterson's distant relative and walking companion, who tells the story of the door and prefers not to ask questions.
- PooleJekyll's loyal butler of twenty years, who grows afraid for his master and brings the lawyer to the laboratory.
- Mr. GuestUtterson's head clerk, who studies handwriting and notices a likeness between two hands.
- Sir Danvers CarewAn elderly, courteous gentleman and client of Utterson, whose chance meeting in a moonlit lane shocks London.
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson · 1886
A lawyer hunts for the small, repellent Mr. Hyde, who holds a key to his friend Dr. Jekyll's house.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
The author
Robert Louis Stevenson
1850–1894 · Scottish novelist and poet
Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist and poet, born in Edinburgh in 1850. He wrote Treasure Island (1883), A Child’s Garden of Verses (1885), and Kidnapped and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886). He settled in Samoa in 1890 and died there in 1894.
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