Student Review: "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," by Robert Louis Stevenson

Mr. Utterson and his cousin Mr. Enfield are taking a walk when Mr. Enfield tells his cousin about a strange man named Mr. Hyde. Mr. Utterson gets curious because that is name of the person all of the money in Dr. Jekyll's will goes to. There is an something odd about Mr. Hyde that nobody likes, and he people start seeing him doing awful things. When Mr. Utterson asks Dr. Jekyll, and old friend of Uttersons, Jekyll is cold and will not talk about the subject. Later, a maid looking out the window one night sees Mr. Hyde murder someone with his cane. She reports it and now the police are looking every where for Mr. Hyde. When Dr. Jekyll disappears behind his laboratory door and won't come out, his staff start to get worried. They summon Mr. Utterson who, with the help of Mr. Poole (Jekyll's butler), break down the door to find Mr. Hyde on the floor dead. Utterson finds a confession written by Jekyll that states he did an experiment that allowed him to change between being his good self, Dr. Jekyll, or his evil self, Mr. Hyde. He explains that Mr. Hyde took over his body and killed Dr. Jekyll. Afraid of being caught, Mr. Hyde killed himself. I did not particularly like this book, but I thought the story was interesting.

Review by Elliana G.

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