Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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First published in 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a chilling novella of secrecy, scientific ambition and the divided self. Set in the shadowed streets of Victorian London, the story follows the respectable lawyer Gabriel John Utterson as he investigates the disturbing connection between his old friend, the eminent Dr Henry Jekyll, and the sinister Edward Hyde. As the mystery deepens, Stevenson draws the reader into a world where respectable appearances conceal unsettling impulses and the boundaries of personal identity begin to dissolve.
Part Gothic horror, part psychological mystery, the novella explores the conflict between public virtue and private desire, raising troubling questions about responsibility, repression and the nature of evil. Its compact structure, carefully controlled revelations and atmosphere of urban unease have made it one of the defining works of Victorian literature. The phrase “Jekyll and Hyde” has since entered everyday language, but the original story retains a complexity that transcends its cultural shorthand: it is both a gripping tale of transformation and a penetrating examination of the contradictions within human nature.
From the book
“Man is not truly one, but truly two.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
On Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
“A classic in the genre, it has been historically one of the most important stories in late Victorian literature.”
— Richard Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years