Gabriel Utterson, a London lawyer, notices that his respectable friend has tied himself to a violent stranger, and Robert Louis Stevenson lets the investigation run a long way before explaining anything.
The novella is short, and much of it arrives through documents and second-hand accounts, which keeps the reader at a distance from what Jekyll is actually doing. Stevenson's interest lies in the double life a respectable Victorian man might keep, and the gothic machinery serves that argument rather than the other way round.
What readers find here:
• A gothic novella readable in one sitting
• Narration assembled from letters and witness statements
• A study of divided identity and public respectability
• Victorian London rendered in fog-bound detail
A fitting choice for students, readers of gothic fiction and collectors of short classics, available at Boipoka.
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