The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (annotated)

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The foggy and ominous streets of Victorian London provide a fitting backdrop to the unfolding mystery, contributing to the suspenseful atmosphere of the narrative. You may use the Service and any titles for your own personal use, including but not limited to study, classroom teaching, lesson planning or in-school training. Jekyll's transformed personality, Hyde, was evil, self-indulgent, and uncaring to anyone but himself. 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.The two seem to have little in common, and when they take their weekly walk together they often go for quite a distance without saying anything to one another; nevertheless, they look forward to these strolls as one of the high points of the week. I have a document here in his handwriting; it is between ourselves, for I scarce know what to do about it; it is an ugly business at the best. From new medical inventions to literature soaring new heights, each day was marked with novel ideas.

In a society so focused on reputation, blackmail proves a particularly potent force, since those possessing and concerned with good reputations will do anything they can to preserve them. A fire burned in the grate; a lamp was set lighted on the chimney shelf, for even in the houses the fog began to lie thickly ; and there, close up to the warmth, sat Dr. Richard Dury, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press) Richard Dury, ‘Introduction’, in Robert Louis Stevenson, ed. United, the crowd threatened to ruin the ugly man’s good name unless he did something to make amends; the man, seeing himself trapped, bought them off with one hundred pounds, which he obtained upon entering the neglected building through its only door. A quiet fire is flickering in the hearth, a tea kettle is singing, papers are neatly placed on the business table, and things are laid out for tea.And indeed he does not want my help; you do not know him as I do; he is safe, he is quite safe; mark my words, he will never more be heard of. It was a large room, fitted round with glass presses , furnished, among other things, with a cheval-glass and a business table, and looking out upon the court by three dusty windows barred with iron . The teapot suddenly boils over and startles them; Utterson picks up a pious work of literature and is aghast at the blasphemies written in the margin. Utterson asks for some of these notes, and Poole is able to find one, crumpled up in one of his pockets.

The uncanny side of the novel appears gradually, as Utterson’s detective work leads him toward the seemingly impossible truth. Gabriel John Utterson and his cousin Richard Enfield reach the door of a large house on their weekly walk. Here Lanyon’s ruddy complexion and visible popularity with the public shows him as a traditional man of medicine. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde – The Complete Text contains the full text of the novel, with helpful annotations to explain characters, themes, context and more!The first thing he reads is a will, a will very similar to the one which Jekyll left with Utterson earlier. Accessing a CGP Online Edition by using a code from a printed CGP book grants you access to the title for three years from the date of activation of the code. Shows the immense contrast between this street and its horribly dull surroundings, The happiness of the street beams out like a beacon through the dirty air and tenements surrounding it. They come upon a neglected building, which seems out of place in the neighborhood, and Enfield relates a story in connection with it. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson, is a gripping horror novel about a London lawyer who investigates strange occurrences surrounding his old friend, Dr.