Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

Why read the book? Robert Louis Stevenson published Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in 1886. The story is short and direct. A lawyer named Gabriel Utterson investigates the strange behaviour of his friend Dr Henry Jekyll and the cruel acts of a man called Edward Hyde. Jekyll has found a way to separate the good and evil sides of his own nature through a chemical mixture. The book shows how…