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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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  • 1875 first published
  • 131 pages
  • ★ 3.9 (149 ratings)
  • 373 editions
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is an 1875 gothic fiction and horror novella by Robert Louis Stevenson. It takes readers to London, England and England in the 19th century. Characters include Gabriel John Utterson, Dr Henry Jekyll and Edward Hyde. It deals with physicians, multiple personality, self-experimentation in medicine and médicos.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.9 out of 5 from 149 ratings, and 1,272 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 373 editions across 12 languages.

It runs to roughly 131 pages — 2–3 hours of reading at an average pace.

About The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Mr. Gabriel Utterson is a serious, austere lawyer living a humdrum life in Victorian London. Yet there is a strange clause in his friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll's will: should he disappear for more than 3 months, everything will be inherited by Hyde. But after Edward Hyde's darker nature is revealed one dark winters night, Mr. Utterson begins to investigate the connection between the two men, and finds the dark secret binding them closer then he could have ever thought imaginable. Adapted countless times in film, some times in video game form, and referenced countless times in popular culture, here is the story that started it all: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde!
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Setting

Era

Characters

  • Gabriel John Utterson
  • Dr Henry Jekyll
  • Edward Hyde
  • Dr Lanyon
  • Richard Enfield
  • Henry Jekyll
  • Sir Danvers Carew (fictitious)

Subjects

  • Physicians
  • Physicians in fiction
  • Multiple personality in fiction
  • Multiple personality
  • Self-experimentation in medicine in fiction
  • Self-experimentation in medicine
  • Médicos
  • Novela de terror
  • Personalidad múltiple
  • Supernatural in fiction
  • Supernatural
  • Horror stories
  • Horror fiction
  • Conduct of life
  • London, England
  • Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Quick answers

Who wrote The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was written by Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1875.

What genre is The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction, Horror, Victorian Science Fiction and Classic Fantasy.

How long is The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

The median edition has 131 pages, about 2–3 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

Readers who like it often enjoy Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus (1818 text) and The Invisible Man.

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