Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Summary
Robert Louis Stevenson

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94), the son of a Scottish engineer, was born and grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland. Expected to follow his father into e... Read more

The Scottish novelist, essayist, and poet Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was one of the most popular and highly regarded British writers of the end of the 19th century. He played a significant par... Read more

One of the hallmarks of the Victorian literary achievement is genius wedded to industry and professionalism. One has only to think of Dickens and Trollope or George Eliot and Matthew Arnold to recall ... Read more

The life of Robert Louis Stevenson was regarded by his public, his friends, and his biographers to be as thrilling as the adventures in the stories he wrote. He was born in Scotland on 13 November 185... Read more

A combination of artistic ambitions, a thirst for adventure and discovery, courtship of and eventual marriage to an American, and above all poor health turned Robert Louis Stevenson into a life-long w... Read more

Naturally, it is human nature to yearn for some sort of evil. Sinning is common on a daily basis. Kids lean towards destruction. Countless people have the urge to gamble at casinos. Human beings ... Read more

What seems like a good idea may not be so great after all. There's always a small chance that something might go wrong. What Dr. Jekyll stumbled upon was an amazing discovery in the field of science t... Read more

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a classic mystery novella that was published in January 1886 and written by Robert Louis Stevenson. At the time it was first published, the whole idea was something that had... Read more

MR. HYDE Mr. Hyde from "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is the craziest character in the book. Mr. Hyde is a very small hunched over man with a disagreeable look to him. He is the type of person that nobod... Read more

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Psychological Novel In the novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll experiences and goes through situations that he must go through. Dr. Jekyll is a doctor who has thi... Read more

"The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson was set during the Victorian era. The major fear for the Victorians was what is man capable of? This point links to the Victorian... Read more

The resemblances between Stevenson's life, and his books: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Kidnapped, are so striking that as you find out more and more about the similarities, it seams as if Stevenson is ... Read more

Jekyll is not a hypocrite and neither is Hyde, but together they are used to represent a hypocritical society. Jekyll and Hyde were separate individuals, each acting upon their own will. Hypocrites do... Read more