The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Book download in PDF, ePub & Mobi
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Gothic fiction Science fiction Psychological thriller Horror Dual nature of mankind The duality of good and evil The limits of scientific exploration Friendship and loyalty Society and hypocrisy
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a short novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1886.
Set in Victorian-era London, the story stars lawyer Utterson. He is conversing with a friend about an encounter with a strangely unnerving and repulsive being.
At that point Utterson begins an investigation and tries to piece together the identity of the strange being known as Mr. Hyde and an old friend of his, Dr. Jekyll.
In barely a hundred pages, Stevenson makes an analysis of human nature and the dualism present in every human being between good and evil. He also addresses issues such as morality and scientific ethics.
"Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary and yet somehow lovable."
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WHY READ THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE IN 2025?
139 years later, still timelyA respectable doctor designs a shortcut around conscience and meets his shadow in full. “Jekyll and Hyde” condenses secrecy, addiction, and self-splitting into a swift, eerie fable. Short enough for one sitting; sharp enough to haunt your sense of responsibility.
The book reads like a case study in compartmentalization: curated public selves versus unmanaged impulse. Its London—doors, fog, after-hours—mirrors moral fog. For contemporary readers, it frames questions about enhancement, anonymity, and rationalization. Bring it to discussions of ethics in medicine and tech, or to classrooms exploring unreliable narration. The suspense still works; the metaphor still cuts.
Shadow literacy
Seeing the split self helps resist easy alibis.
City after dark
Streets and doors make secrecy feel physical.
Tight, tense design
A compact build magnifies dread and consequence.
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Mr. Hyde was pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation.
A purse and gold watch were found upon the victim: but no cards or papers, except a sealed and stamped envelope, which he had been probably carrying to the post, and which bore the name and address of Mr. Utterson.
The large handsome face of Dr. Jekyll grew pale to the very lips, and there came a blackness about his eyes. “I do not care to hear more,” said he. “This is a matter I thought we had agreed to drop.