Dr jekyll

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson

THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

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Table of Contents
Story of the Door ........................................................................................... 1 Search for Mr. Hyde ....................................................................................... 7 Dr. Jekyll Was Quite at Ease........................................................................ 15 The Carew Murder Case .............................................................................. 17 Incident of the Letter ................................................................................... 21 Incident of Dr. Lanyon ................................................................................ 25 Incident atthe Window ............................................................................... 29 The Last Night ............................................................................................. 31 Dr. Lanyon’s Narrative ................................................................................. 42 Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case................................................... 49

STORY OF THE DOOR
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...