”It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.” A spoiler-filled review! (Still enjoyable even if the ultimate revelation is exposed to readers. After all, I’ve seen many reviews that include it as a part of the plot summary.)The story unfolds mainly through the perspective of Utterson, a lawyer and a friend of Dr. Jekyll. Strange sightings and events have occurred, involving the mysterious Mr. Hyde. And Utterson is determined to uncover the connection between Dr. Jekyll an...

The origin of good… The origin of evil… Which one is stronger? Robert Louis Stevenson wrote a timeless parable.A house begins with the door…The door, which was equipped with neither bell nor knocker, was blistered and distained. Tramps slouched into the recess and struck matches on the panels; children kept shop upon the steps; the schoolboy had tried his knife on the mouldings…What is the house with that mysterious door? One dark night suspicious Mr. Hyde was seen enter the door…“He is not easy...

welcome to...THE SEPTEMBER CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND HYDE.this is part of project long classics, a series in which i read long old books in little chunks over the course of a month and make a pun out of it.this isn't really long, and that barely constitutes a pun, but give me a break. i'll read these 10 chapters sometime this september and we'll get through it together.anyway, jekyll isn't special. i contain a monstrous version of myself i may become at any time without warning too.ONE: STORY OF TH...

Oldschool schizophrenia That created a whole subgenreThe options are sheer endless, because everything is possible with such a main character(s). Who is/are they, what is real or just fiction, how long is which personality taking control, who is the really good or bad character, what is their motivation and how is it triggered, are just the tip of the iceberg of ways to tell a story that way. In this classic, there are of course also The conventions of the time the novel was written inSo what i...

So I will admit that I purchased the kindle version that had modernized wording. It just updated the older language, making it a bit easier for me to follow. But the writing style still felt like it was in same same vein (Pun intended) as Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Now this is a short read, but felt much longer, in a good way. I enjoyed the slow burn and hinting about Dr Jekyll’s alter ego, before divulging everything in the last chapter, from the doctor’s point of view. Putting yourself in Utterson...

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55 pages later and I’m still convinced that Robert Louis Stevenson named his characters this way exclusively so he could fit in the line “if he shall be Mr. Hyde, I shall be Mr. Seek!” and honestly? that’s iconic. Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm. There’s a reason this novella has stood the test of time - it is creepy and interesting as hell. I think there’s something very terr...

حقا انها اشياء لا تشترى فكلنا تزورنا الكوابيس و لكن هل نستخلص منها روائع روائية مثل ستيفنسون ؟الفصام..مرض منتشر أكثر مما نتخيل..و هناك شعرة منه بداخل كل منا !! قد يكون في صورة تقلبات مزاجية بسيطة أو حادة..و قد يكون في تلك الصورة العبقرية المريعة التي رسمها ستيفنسون في قصته الفريدة. .و التي بدأت بكابوس زاره هو طبيب وسيم.. ثري ..محترم و لكنه مؤمن لان الروح تنقسم لقسم خير و اخر شرير يتصارعون دائما يبدأ تجاربه لاثبات نظريته "الغبية حقا "( لان الانسان يصارع هوى نفسه ليس اكثر ) ينجح في تحضير تركيبة تح...

”It came about that Edward Hyde was so much smaller, slighter, and younger than Henry Jekyll. Even as good shone upon the countenance of the one, evil was written broadly and plainly on the face of the other. Evil besides (which I must still believe to be the lethal side of man) had left on that body an imprint of deformity and decay. And yet when I looked upon that ugly idol in the glass, I was conscious of no repugnance rather of a leap of welcome. This too, was myself.” Richard Mansfield w...

Pfft.This Stevenson guy totally ripped off Stan Lee's Hulk character! I mean, did this dude seriously think he could get away with what basically boils down to a copy & paste job of one of the most iconic literary characters in comics?! I. Think. Not.Stan, my friend, you have a real chance at winning a copyright infringement lawsuit. For the love of all that's good and holy, please don't "correct" me in the comments. Hello? Joking!It's obvious that Mr. Stevenson's real inspiration for this s...