The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

About this book

When the brutal Mr. Hyde tramples a child and later commits worse outrages, lawyer Gabriel Utterson investigates his connection to the reclusive Dr. Jekyll. London fog, locked doors, and wills that name an unknown beneficiary build a atmosphere of dread without needing a monster in a cape. Stevenson's novella explores the divided self, the face we show society and the appetites we hide, in prose as economical as it is influential. It is a mystery, a horror story, and a psychological fable in one. Readers who know the cultural reference but not the text will find the original tighter, stranger, and more unsettling than legend alone suggests.