Poole felt in his pocket and handed out a crumpled note, which the lawyer, bending nearer to the candle, carefully examined. Its contents ran thus: “Dr. Jekyll presents his compliments to Messrs. Maw. He assures them that their last sample … Read the rest
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Incident at the Window
IT chanced on Sunday, when Mr. Utterson was on his usual walk with Mr. Enfield, that their way lay once again through the by-street; and that when they came in front of the door, both stopped to gaze on it.… Read the rest
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Incident of Dr. Lanyon
TIME ran on; thousands of pounds were offered in reward, for the death of Sir Danvers was resented as a public injury; but Mr. Hyde had disappeared out of the ken of the police as though he had never existed. … Read the rest
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Incident of the Letter
IT was late in the afternoon, when Mr. Utterson found his way to Dr. Jekyll’s door, where he was at once admitted by Poole, and carried down by the kitchen offices and across a yard which had once been a … Read the rest
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – The Carew Murder Case
NEARLY a year later, in the month of October, 18 — , London was startled by a crime of singular ferocity and rendered all the more notable by the high position of the victim. The details were few and startling. … Read the rest
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Dr. Jekyll Was Quite at Ease
A FORTNIGHT later, by excellent good fortune, the doctor gave one of his pleasant dinners to some five or six old cronies, all intelligent, reputable men and all judges of good wine; and Mr. Utterson so contrived that he remained … Read the rest
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Search for Mr. Hyde
THAT evening Mr. Utterson came home to his bachelor house in sombre spirits and sat down to dinner without relish. It was his custom of a Sunday, when this meal was over, to sit close by the fire, a volume … Read the rest
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Story of the Door
MR. UTTERSON the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable. At friendly meetings, and when … Read the rest
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case
I WAS born in the year 18 — to a large fortune, endowed besides with excellent parts, inclined by nature to industry, fond of the respect of the wise and good among my fellow-men, and thus, as might have been … Read the rest
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Dr. Lanyon’s Narrative
ON the ninth of January, now four days ago, I received by the evening delivery a registered envelope, addressed in the hand of my colleague and old school-companion, Henry Jekyll. I was a good deal surprised by this; for we … Read the rest