The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde Pdf is a Classic Victorian Horror Fiction novel By Robert Louis Stevenson.This book is the original title of a novella written by the famous Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson that was first published in 1886. The work is commonly known today as The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, or simply Jekyll & Hyde.
The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde Summary
This novel is about a London lawyer named John Gabriel Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the evil Edward Hyde. In this harrowing tale of good and evil, the mild-mannered Dr. Jekyll develops a potion that unleashes his secret, inner persona–the loathsome, twisted Mr. Hyde.
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About Robert Louis Stevenson Author Of The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde Pdf Book
Robert Louis Stevenson Author of The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde Pdf was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of English literature. He was greatly admired by many authors, including Jorge Luis Borges, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling and Vladimir Nabokov.
Most modernist writers dismissed him, however, because he was popular and did not write within their narrow definition of literature. It is only recently that critics have begun to look beyond Stevenson’s popularity and allow him a place in the Western canon.
The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde pdf, Paperback, Hardcover Book Information
- Format Paperback | 144 pages
- Dimensions 105 x 172 x 10.92mm | 77.11g
- Publication date 02 Sep 2003
- Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
- Imprint Signet Classics
- Publication City/Country New York, United States
- Language English
- Edition Statement Reissue
- ISBN10 0451528956
- ISBN13 9780451528957
- Bestsellers rank 460,754
The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde Book Review
Oct 28, 2014
Ariel rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favourites
OH BOY, OH BOY, PEOPLE I HAVE A NEW FAVOURITE!
This edition came with two stories, “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and “The Bottle Imp,” and they were both awesome let’s talk about them. I’m so excited I can’t contain myself.
Jekyll:
– So. Well. Crafted. From beginning to end the story was engaging and the themes where quite straightforward, but I really love that in writing (see: George Orwell is my favourite author). I like it when authors aren’t bogging their messages down in unneeded subtleties.
– Some of these sentences, I swear to god! One of my favourite ones: “I slept after the prostration of the day, with a stringent and profound slumber which not even the nightmares that wrung me could avail to break.” The context doesn’t even matter. It’s solid gold.
– My only distress with this story comes not from anything Stevenson did, but from the fact that it’s so famous (*spoiler alert*): I wish I didn’t know Jekyll and Hyde are the same person! Gosh darn it. The story is solid enough that it doesn’t matter if you know or not, (which is important: if one spoiler can ruin your story you don’t have a very good story), but it would have been so wickedly fun not to know. Stevenson did such a good job of hiding it!
– The ideas of evil vs good in humans were great. And the idea that Jekyll didn’t hate Hyde.. GOSH DARNIT THIS WAS GREAT.
– That ending though. That ending. THAT ENDING, JESUS.
Bottle:
– I had no idea what the heck this was, which made it so much fun. What a story! Stevenson has an awesome imagination. To avoid spoilers I’ll keep this brief.
– This story was so stressful. Oh man I felt legitimate anxiety. My heart, it was not happy. WHICH IS GREAT. It’s amazing when a piece of writing can make you feel real dread.
– Why was it set in Hawaii? When talking to a friend (who is Scottish. and so is Stevenson. so I trust her on this subject) she explained to me that Stevenson was known for being a world traveller, so maybe he just wanted to explore something new. It was interesting, I’d like to look more into the significance of the Hawaii setting.. definitely something to do with being an island?
– I wanted this to end more sadly. Gosh it was so set up for a sad ending, and I was dreading dreading dreading that it would end badly but sometimes these things can’t end well! I think, ultimately, the ending didn’t feel too bad. It could have been done worse, I think the “saviour” situation that happened had legitimate merit, but still. I think this would have been better if it had ended horribly. Go read this, seriously people.
Sep 09, 2018
Elle (ellexamines) rated it really liked it
Shelves: z-2018reads, y-1900sreleases, 4-star, classwork, literary-fiction
55 pages later and I’m still convinced that Robert Louis Stevenson named his characters this way exclusively so he could fit in the line “if he shall be Mr. Hyde, I shall be Mr. Seek!” and honestly? that’s iconic.
Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.
There’s a reason this novella has stood the test of time – it is creepy and interesting as hell. I think there’s something very terrifying to me about the idea of losing humanity and sanity, at first due to your own choices but later because of forces you cannot control. Robert Louis Stevenson allegedly wrote this while on drugs, and you can definitely feel that experience in the book.
This is such a short book and I don’t know quite what else to say, but guys… I love Victorian horror. it’s so f**king weird and wild and all about Transgressing Social Norms and Being Subversive and this is the kind of shit I am HERE for!! sometime I’ll write my term paper about how Victorian horror was a way for queer people, women, and mentally ill people to express their frustrations at Victorian society in a way that appealed to mass audiences, because I find that dynamic fascinating.
2021
Peter Topside rated it really liked it
So I will admit that I purchased the kindle version that had modernized wording. It just updated the older language, making it a bit easier for me to follow. But the writing style still felt like it was in same same vein (Pun intended) as Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Now this is a short read, but felt much longer, in a good way. I enjoyed the slow burn and hinting about Dr Jekyll’s alter ego, before divulging everything in the last chapter, from the doctor’s point of view. Putting yourself in Utterson’s shoes, and to a lesser degree Lanyon, really also made the terror he was dealing with seem so much more real and scary. Hyde was described perfectly throughout and his rampaging was done very tactfully. There was mention of violence, but nothing strongly detailed, which also fared well here. This book is a considered a horror classic for a damn good reason.
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