Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Also known as The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Jekyll and Hyde, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde, The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde, Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde

1886 novella by Robert Louis Stevenson

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"Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" is an 1886 novella by Robert Louis Stevenson about a scientist who develops a potion that splits his personality into two distinct beings—the respectable Dr. Jekyll and the violent Mr. Hyde. The story has become a classic exploration of the duality of human nature and the conflict between civilized restraint and darker impulses within all people.

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Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
First published: 1875
Editions: 373
Subjects: Fiction, Physicians, Physicians in fiction, Multiple personality in fiction, Multiple personality, Self-experimentation in medicine in fiction, Self-experimentation in medicine, Ficción

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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is an 1886 Gothic horror novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It follows Gabriel John Utterson, a London-based legal practitioner who investigates a series of strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and a murderous criminal named Edward Hyde.

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is one of the most famous pieces of English literature, and is considered to be a defining book of the gothic horror genre. The novella has also had a sizeable impact on popular culture, with the phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" being used in vernacular to refer to people with an outwardly good but sometimes shockingly evil nature.