The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
- First Published: 1886
- Type of Work: Fantasy-Horror Novelette
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Fantasy, Gothic fiction, Horror literature
- Subjects: Suicide, Murder or homicide, Supernatural, Nineteenth century, Science or scientists, Doctors, England or English people, Good and evil, Drugs, London, Experiments, Mad scientists, Dopplegangers
- Locales: London, England
The novelette is told from a variety of points of view and focuses on the search for the connection between the saintly Jekyll and the demon Hyde and concludes with the doctor’s written confession of the experiments that ultimately render him permanently transformed into the Hyde figure. In his confession Jekyll admits that Hyde has taken over as his true nature and that he allows himself to be transformed. It is only after he discovers that he is unable to reassert control over the experiment, even though he is using ever stronger drugs, that he shuts himself in the laboratory and...
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