Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Title page of the first London edition (1886) | |
| Author | Robert Louis Stevenson |
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| Original title | Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde |
| Language | English |
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| Publisher | Longmans, Green & Co. |
Publication date | 5 January 1886 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 141 (first edition) |
| ISBN | 978-0-553-21277-8 |
| Text | Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde at Wikisource |
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is an 1886 Gothic horror novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It follows Gabriel John Utterson, a London-based legal practitioner who investigates a series of strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and a murderous criminal named Edward Hyde.
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is one of the most famous pieces of English literature, and is considered to be a defining book of the gothic horror genre. The novella has also had a sizeable impact on popular culture, with the phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" being used in vernacular to refer to people with an outwardly good but sometimes shockingly evil nature.