Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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Author: Robert Louis Stevenson. Language: English. Reading edition: 28 October 2026.
Opening excerpt
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. At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life. He was austere with himself; drank gin when he was alone, to mortify a taste for vintages; and though he enjoyed the theatre, had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years. But he had an…
Contents
All sections- STORY OF THE DOOR11 min
- SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE14 min
- DR. JEKYLL WAS QUITE AT EASE4 min
- THE CAREW MURDER CASE8 min
- INCIDENT OF THE LETTER8 min
- REMARKABLE INCIDENT OF DR. LANYON7 min
- INCIDENT AT THE WINDOW3 min
- THE LAST NIGHT20 min
- DR. LANYON’S NARRATIVE13 min
- HENRY JEKYLL’S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE32 min
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