The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Literary Qualities
This is a good reading exercise for students who can read at a fifth grade level or better. Like most works in an older style, it is more understandable when read aloud. With an ordinary dictionary available, any middle-school or junior high school student can plow through the stiff, formal prose. There are phrases used throughout which are now regarded as literary cliches, such as: "his blood ran cold in his veins" and "with a heavy heart." These give a sense of the time that has passed between the writing of topical, popular fiction with a contemporary setting, and the present day when...
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