The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (annotated)

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Yet in the midst of this cozy scene, the body of a man is lying face down, terribly contorted and still twitching. His unusual use of single ‘lexical words’ adds another pleasure: participation in the creation of meaning.

Heavily illustrated with over a hundred and fifty full color images from the history of this cultural touchstone—including reproductions of rare books, film stills, theatrical posters, and the true-life people associated with the adventure—and extensively annotated by Edgar Award winning editor and noted Victorian literature expert Leslie S. Owl Eyes is an improved reading and annotating experience for classrooms, book clubs, and literature lovers.Termination of the Agreement (howsoever occasioned) shall not affect any accrued rights or liabilities of either party. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Ever the rational lawyer-sleuth, Utterson tries to explain to Poole that, to him, it seems as though Jekyll has been "seized with one of those maladies that both torture and deform the sufferer. We do not take responsibility for any effects of viruses or malware however introduced to your systems.

You sit quietly on the top of a hill; and away the stone goes, starting others; and presently some bland old bird (the last you would have thought of) is knocked on the head in his own back-garden and the family have to change their name. They steer away from discussing the matter of Hyde once they realize it involves someone Utterson knows.Wiktionary links should be for words that are archaic 19th century and which are rarely used or recognized today; or for proper nouns and names that have Wikipedia articles which are of contextual relevance to the text. If Wiktionary does not have an entry for the word in question, please consider adding one (with the text from this story as the example! He is not like a criminal on the run at all and doesn’t shrink much from Utterson’s questioning, and in fact reveals the details of his residence. By using the CGP Online Edition or accessing an Online Edition title you agree to be bound by the full Terms and Conditions. When Hyde beats a member of Parliament to death, Utterson is determined to discover the ties that bind the two men together.

Although the opening scene also contains vaguely supernatural elements, particularly in the strange dread that Hyde inspires, Stevenson likely intended his readers to enter the novel believing it to be nothing more than a mystery story. It is his usual routine on a Sunday to read until late but tonight he goes to his private safe and finds the will that has been entrusted to him by a Dr.

One day, Poole says, he came into the large room just below Jekyll's private room and there, digging among some crates, was a creature who was so startled at seeing Poole that he cried out "and whipped upstairs. Utterson says that if Poole is convinced, then Utterson has no alternative: He considers it his duty to break down Jekyll's door, and Poole can use an ax which is in the surgery room, while Utterson will use the fireplace poker.