The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
- First Published: 1886
- Type of Work: Novella
- Type of Plot: Gothic
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- 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
Places Discussed
*London. Great Britain’s capital and leading city is the general setting for the novella. The story depends for its effect on a suitably gothic atmosphere, and its portrayal of London is one of the great triumphs of the work. However, in the view of many scholars, Stevenson’s London is based more on his native Edinburgh, Scotland, than on the actual London of his time.
The story’s London is full of ominously empty streets and glaring lamps; it is silvered by ghostly moonlight or drowned in impenetrable fog. Its streets echo with sinister footsteps,...
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