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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

A respectable doctor brews a formula to separate his better nature from his worse one, and discovers the worse one enjoys being let out. The twist is common knowledge now, which was not always true, and the book survives being spoiled remarkably well. Read it as a essay on restraint rather than a mystery, and it improves.

The librarian

Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain text

Reading time

About 1 hr 45 min

Where to find it

The Evening Room; The English Reading Room; The Set Texts Room

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #43. In the public domain in the United States.