The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Henry Jekyll

As he does with the character of Edward Hyde, Stevenson surrounds Dr. Jekyll with an air of mystery, suggesting that even his closest friends did not have a clear picture of the man. Readers learn from Jekyll's confession at the end of the book that he was troubled by what he discovered in himself— "those provinces of good and ill which divide and compound man's dual nature." He explains that throughout his life he was "inclined by nature to industry, fond of the respect of the wise and good among my fellowmen, and thus, as might have been supposed, with every guarantee of an...

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