The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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Author(s):

Robert Louis Stevenson

First Pub:

1886

Genre(s):

Horror; Mythology; Science Fiction

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

See 18

1 - A Child in the Night

2 - "Blackmail House"

3 - Dr. Jekyll's Will

4 - Mr. Hyde and Mr. Seek

5 - Will a Blackmailer Turn to Murder?

6 - Mr. Utterson's Promise

7 - Witness to a Murder

8 - Where Is Mr. Hyde?

9 - The Letter

10 - A Comparison of Handwritings

11 - Dr. Canyon's Secret

12 - Conversation at a Window

13 - The Search for a Mysterious Drug

14 - The Dead Man

15 - Dr. Jekyll Disappears

16 - A Midnight Visitor

17 - The Twins of Good and Evil

18 - The Man Who Died Twice

Internal ID:

14074

Series:

No series

Copyright:

First Sentence:

Two well-dressed men were about to cross a London street on a sunny Sunday morning.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

This the true hour of the death of Henry Jekyll... good-bye... good...."

Comments:

Comments may contain spoilers

This is an adaptation of the original.

Extract (may contain spoilers)

Mr. Hyde shrank back with a hissing intake of breath. But his fear was only temporary, for he answered coolly, "That is my name. What do you want?" He kept his head turned from the lawyer, though his eyes darted over Utterson's face in a sideways glance.

"I saw you were about to enter," answered Utterson. "I am an old friend of Dr. Jekyll, Gabriel John Utterson, the lawyer. I'm sure he has spoken of me. I am about to visit the doctor and I thought that you might admit me."

"Dr. Jekyll is not at home. How did you know me?" Hyde asked, still looking away.

"Let us exchange favors," Utterson sug•gested. "I will answer you if you will let me see your face."

Mr. Hyde hesitated. Then he turned and faced Utterson with an air of defiance. The two men stared at each other for several seconds before Utterson spoke.

"Now I shall know you again," he said. "It may be useful."

"Yes," agreed Hyde. "It is well that we have met. Also you should have my address." He named a street and number in Soho.

"Good God!" thought Utterson. "Has he, too, been thinking about the will?" But Utterson said nothing, merely nodding his head to indicate that he heard the address.

"Now," said Hyde, "how did you know me?"

"A description from common friends."

Added: 04-Jun-2024

Last Updated: 16-Sep-2024

01-Jan-1990

Baronet Books

Hardback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jan-1990

Format:

Hardback

Cover Price:

$9.95

Pages*:

238

Catalog ID:

B224-10

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

43649

Publisher:

Baronet Books

ISBN:

Unknown

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Malvina G Vogel - Editor
Rick Whipple - Cover Artist

THE STRANGE CASE OF
DR. JEKYLL AND
MR. HYDE
Robert Louis Stevenson

In a specially adapted version
by Mitsu Yamamoto

A Split Personality!

Kindly, respected Dr. Henry Jekyll is convinced that all men have two personalities lurking within them. He concocts a drug to separate one man into two personalities and tests it on himself. Enter Mr. Hyde - Jekyll's murderous alter ego - as depraved and vicious as Jekyll is virtuous and kindly. Robert Louis Stevensons' shocking thriller explores the battle between good and evil within ourselves. Can Jekyll overcome Hyde - or will he become Hyde's next victim?

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Notes and Comments:

Australia: $11.95
Canada: $11.95

Library binding

01-Jan-1990
Baronet Books
Hardback

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Author(s)

Robert Louis Stevenson
Birth: 13 Nov 1850 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Death: 03 Dec 1894 Vailima, Samoa

Notes:

From About the Author in the Great Illustrated Classics version of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde:

Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1850. He was a frail child, who was greatly influenced by his father's punishments and by his nurse's horrifying tales of demons. Stevenson refused to follow the family profession of engineering and chose law when he went to the University of Edinburgh to study. But he soon gave that up and turned to writing, which his poor health could not deter. After he married an American woman, Stevenson and his devoted wife traveled throughout the world trying to improve his delicate health while he continued his writing. In the four years between 1883 and 1887, Stevenson wrote his four longest and greatest novels: Treasure Island, The Black Arrow, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Kidnapped, and his famous book of poems, A Child's Garden of Verses.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was born in a nightmare, but Stevenson remembered enough of it when he awoke to get it down on paper. Within three days he had the entire first draft written. He intended this book not only as a "thriller," but also as a study of good and evil, which are always at war within man.

Stevenson and his family spent his last years on the South Pacific island of Samoa, where he continued his writing until he collapsed and died in 1894... at the young age of forty-four.

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