Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is written by Robert Louis Stevenson. The main characters are Dr. Jekyll, who is a kindly scientist who by night takes on his stunted evil self Mr. Hyde. Mr. Hyde is a disfigured gentleman who Mr. Utterson doesn't like. Mr. Utterson is lawyer who has never even shown a smile. Mr. Richard Enfield is a distant kinsman and well known around town. Mr. Utterson and Mr. Enfield are very good friends. This mysterious story takes place in London.

Through the curiosity of Utterson, a lawyer, we learn of the ugly and violent Mr. Hyde and his odd connection to the respectable Dr Jekyll who pays out a cheque for Hyde's despicable behavior. A brutal murder follows. The dead man is one of Utterson's clients, Sir Danvers Carew. The murder weapon was, unbelievably a cane Utterson had given to Jekyll. As such, the lawyer becomes entangled in the strange world of Mr. Jekyll who has created a drug that separates his good and evil natures - purifying the doctor himself but with the ghastly side effect of periods spent as the monstrous Hyde. We follow Utterson as he investigates with Poole, Jekyll's butler, the actions and his increasingly hermit-like existence in his laboratory. When the truth is about to come, tragic events occur that end the whole thing dramatically and conclusively.

I thought this book was interesting. I liked it but in some parts I didn't like at all. Overall I thought it was interesting. I would recommend this book to people who like mystery kind of books, because if you don't it's hard to stay with the story. I hope you get the chance to read it because it is pretty interesting.