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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson · 1886 · Science Fiction, Horror & Gothic
In the fog-bound London of 1886, the lawyer Mr. Utterson grows uneasy over his old friend Dr. Jekyll's strange will — everything left to a sinister, elusive stranger named Edward Hyde, a small man loathed on sight by all who meet him. When a shocking crime throws the city into terror and Jekyll shuts himself away, Utterson follows a trail of clues toward a secret no man of reason could believe. Robert Louis Stevenson's immortal tale of the divided self, in a fully illustrated edition.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 18 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
A Map of Fog-Bound London — the door, Jekyll's house, Soho, Cavendish Square, and the river.
Dr. Jekyll's House & the CabinetA respectable front on its square, and behind it the old dissecting-rooms and the barred-window cabinet — Jekyll's secret laboratory.
A Map of Connections — the ties of friendship, kinship, and dread.
The Characters of the Strange Case — the cast, gathered in gas-lit London.
The Characters in the Fog of London — the players at full length.
Mr. Utterson — the lawyer who will not look away.
The Story of the Door — a black winter morning and a dreadful collision.
Quite at Ease by the Fire — the name that turns Jekyll pale.
This edition
- Title
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- Author
- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)
- First published
- 1886
- Illustrated plates
- 43 original artworks · 18 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 10 · about 25,854 words
- Reading time
- 1 h 43 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- August 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #43
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