The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
A gothic novella that gave the language a metaphor for the divided self. Tightly plotted and short.
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Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable.Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeRead 11 hand-picked quotes from The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, with meaning →
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Why we picked it
A short gothic novella that gave the language a phrase for the divided self. Pacy, tightly plotted, modern in its anxieties.
Suitable for 14+. Level B2, which means readers comfortable with upper-intermediate English will follow it without a dictionary; lower-intermediate readers can read with light support.
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