The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Chump Change Edition) by Robert Louis Stevenson (Epub)

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His first draft was burned to ash, the final published version created at the request of his wife. The result is a complex, tingling tale that drives the reader to the last page.

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⭐ This is not the actual book Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde. It is actually a collection of speeches and essays about the REAL book and a summary of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde. That fact wasn’t stated anywhere on the selling page.

⭐ I’ve never seen a book with such teeny, tiny print. My 8th grader needed this for class and was supposed to annotate as she read. The print size made it difficult to read and the lines were close together with small margins so there was no way she could annotate properly or put the word definitions above the words she didn’t know in the text. Even if she didn’t have to annotate the book, it’s still difficult to read in such a small font. I guess they are keeping the cost down by scrunching the text down and using the least amount of paper possible. I ended up returning this book and buying one that cost double but had normal size print and margins.

⭐ [AmazonClassics Kindle Version] Wanted to break in my new Kindle Oasis on a trip to AZ with my daughters and used Jekyll and Hyde as the first book. I’ve had the physical books in my shelves over the years but it never made it to the top of the queue. I’m glad I was able to dedicate some time to this great story that’s been re-done over and over in every conceivable media type. The original story was a bestseller in its time and in the right (classicist) frame of mind the murder mystery horror combo shines as lawyer Utterson tries to unravel the dire interplay between his old friend Jekyll and the interloper Mr. Hyde. Kindle’s built in dictionary came in handy again when dealing with archaic word usage, similar to when I read Poe. It was a quick read and highly recommended. j4.

⭐ I love a good story of a mad scientist. It is told from the third person perspective of Dr. Jekyll’s close friend Mr. Utterson. It’s funny to me how long it took for him to put the idea together, though having heard of this story long before I read it, I imagine the thought of someone being two different people is hard to fathom.Still, I enjoyed the surmounting evidence piling up for the real story and especially found it funny that Mr. Utterson had in his possession a letter that would explain things (even a little) very early on from Lanyon.I expected the book to be told from Dr. Jekyll’s point of view but I really liked that it focused on a concerned friend trying to understand what was going on with a mysterious will.

⭐ “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” seems to be one of those works that everyone has heard of, but few people have actually read. And until recently I was one of those people — I was mostly aware of it via pop culture, especially a few Looney Toons shorts that utilized bits of the concept. I decided it was high time I gave the original a shot… and while the language of the time period can be dry to modern readers and decades of exposure have rendered the twist ending no longer a twist, it’s still a chilling read.In Victorian London, attorney Gabriel Utterson has noticed some troubling behavior in his client and friend, the kindly and mild-mannered doctor Henry Jekyll. Not only has word spread that Jekyll is connected to a loathsome and villainous character known only as Mr. Hyde, but he’s recently changed his will to leave everything he has to Hyde in the event of his death. Concerned that Hyde is manipulating his friend, Utterson seeks to intervene… especially after Hyde is witnessed as having committed a brutal murder. But when Utterson finally confronts Jekyll, he learns the shocking truth behind Jekyll and Hyde’s connection…Given that this book was written in the 1880s, the language used can feel a bit dry and stilted to modern readers. But Stevenson is still a good storyteller, and knows how to keep the suspense going throughout this story. Even readers already familiar with the twist ending should feel the chills as Utterson pursues the mystery and watches his friend’s behavior become more and more erratic as the story goes. And amusingly, the original version of this book contains a joke that modern readers might have assumed was inserted into adaptations by other parties.While short and a bit dry, “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” is still a suspenseful read, and well worth checking out if you’re only familiar with the adaptations.

⭐ Dual nature of man and the power of corruption and evilness. This story as an exercise of fiction is perfect, Hyde is raw, corrupted, temperamental and callous without reason. The way the monster (one himself) starts to take possession is terrible, as an unstoppable sickness that grew out of control. The drama is that Dr. Jekyll is not a bad man, he is friendly, polite and treat well his acquaintances: he is like any of us. And although the monsters that “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” has inspired (Hulk among many others) are muscular and powerful, I think it requires more talent to make a weak and vulnerable monster as Stevenson did.The narrative style is what detracts me considerably of the reading. Stevenson has a powerful imagination but his style feels dull and, for moments, close to perfection but without reaching it. For example this part: “By ten o’clock, when the shops were closed, the by-street was very solitary and, in spite of the low growl of London from all round, very silent,(…)” In this part we are immerse in the search of a fantastic creature, Stevenson seems to forget that the city is a fantastic creature too, made by men. Some pages afterwards he will acknowledge that the city seems the setting of a nightmare… but he says it, without expressing it.I always remember a novel by Ernesto Sabato… there is a man that meets blind creatures living underground. He, without knowing if it is day or night, is about to emerge at last from that very strange place that is a prison for him. But before he sees at the distance the city he recognizes it by ear: he mentions the never-ending growl of Buenos Aires, the city. And you feel it as a machine complicated and terrible as the monsters he is leaving underneath. Is the feeling I almost feel in this novel of Stevenson but, alas, it is not as intense as it could have been.About the AmazonClassics edition as always neat typography, not errors that I could detect, and just the minimum of data in X-Ray to check characters in the novel but not nosy introductions or prologues by intellectuals to stop the reader. So all in all very well.

⭐ The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a story that almost everyone on the planet has heard about whether they’ve read this story, heard about it in passing, or a reference in pop culture. It’s a story that people have been talking about for over a century.This book has always been one of those books I felt like I needed to read, just to get a glimpse of what made this story so popular for this long, and even though I already knew the gist of it, what I read lived up to expectation.The story is told through about three different perspectives if my memory serves correct. The Lawyer (Mr. Utterson), Lanyon, and Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde). And it starts off with a tale of the evils of a guy named Mr. Hyde. Utterson has heard of that name before and so he goes home to remember where he heard it from. Mr. Hyde is then linked to Dr. Jekyll because of Jekyll leaving everything to this evil ogre of a man in his will. Utterson grows suspicious and continuously asks about this Hyde character. He even goes to Jekyll, but Dr. Jekyll doesn’t reveal the true nature of Mr. Hyde and their relationship to one another.This book keeps you guessing (even though you most likely already know the deal with Jekyll and Hyde), but in the final chapter, everything is revealed from the perspective of Dr. Jekyll himself… also Mr. Hyde.It was a quick and interesting read that kept me engaged even though it is admittedly very wordy -for lack of a better word. It’s also very shocking to know that this story was written in the late 1800s. This story aged very well. It really is a timeless classic.

⭐ As those who came upon Mr. Hyde were quite incapable of describing him, I, too, hardly have words to describe how wonderfully Richard Armitage has brought this tale to life!“The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde” has long been a favorite of mine. Read first when I was barely a teenager, I was both intrigued and frightened by the idea of the good and evil within us all being divided between two selves: one possessed of good qualities, and one inherently evil. The thought of two halves of the same person, each taking their turn at the helm of one being that bent to their figure and form was fantastical, but also quite terrifying. The good side, tall, erect, and seemly (the good face of the good doctor), and the evil side, squat, soul-deformed, and bent over with the weight of sin (the evil face of the dark and formless night of which it was born). And, what if then one became stronger than the other?The thought and questions do not end there because the tale is haunting. It is thought-provoking. The “what-if” proposed pulls us in to our own natures where good and evil war within us all the time. Each of us has had a malicious thought. Our evil side draws it out of us as if from the depths of a pit, and thrusts it into the light of our consciousness. Our good sides vanquish it…eventually. Only a minuscule few would ever act upon such thoughts. Then, the “what-if”: What if one could do such deeds as the day would quake to look upon (paraphrase from Hamlet) and then retreat blameless and undetectable under the cover of a good and trusted face? And what if that side were then able to slip the confines of that which controlled it, as it wished? Which side would our natures choose should the same happen to us? I’d like to think the good side would win…but who really knows what lurks in the darkness of even the best of us?As always, Richard Armitage delivers a powerhouse performance! His seamless transition in speech between Jeckyll and Hyde is unnerving and effectively chilling. I loved every word of it! Bravo! I really cannot wait to listen again!

⭐ Atty. Mr. Utterson is worried, as the keeper of Dr. Henry Jekyll’s will. The will gives everything to Edward Hyde incase of Henry’s death or disappearance. Mr. Utterson met the hideous Hyde once and does not trust him. Well, it looks like Henry’s will, will have to be executed as the housekeeper; Mr. Pool thinks Hyde hid Henry’s body.Once again, I saw Spencer Tracy before I read the book, so I was anticipating a different type of story. I read “Treasure Island” so I am familiar with Stevenson’s writing style but I did not realize that this story was more of a mystery that draws the conclusion and revelation in the end. The explanation of man and his duel personality is excellent and I suspect he draws on personal experience.I read the kindle version. It was sparse and straight forward; there was not a lot of fluff and speculation from other personalities. I made sure that the text-to-speech was activated before purchasing. This helped but I had to keep reminding myself that the names were mispronounced.In any event, without the kindle, I probably would have bought the book but not gotten around to reading it for a few years. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Double Feature (1932/1941)

⭐ I always make it a point to buy hardcovers from the Everyman’s Library collection. These books come with an insightful introduction, as well as a biographical timeline of the author’s life and work. In short, you get a handsome and durable hardcover edition – at the same time you get the information to have the work and the author’s inspiration for the work placed into a broader context. If you’re going to read a classic of fiction or non-fiction, buy a nice quality edition of the work like this one.Here you’re getting one of the great classics of horror/fantasy written by Robert Louis Stevenson. It’s a short read, but you’ll be impressed by how well it reads despite it’s age. You can find any number of summaries of the plot so I won’t try my hand at repeating it for you. Just would once again say this is a great edition worth your purchase.

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