Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll And Mr. Hyde

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This edition of Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde includes an Introduction and Afterword by Charles L. Grant.

About the Author(s)

Robert Louis Stevenson

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850–1894) was born in Scotland. His many acclaimed works include Treasure Island and A Child’s Garden of Verses.

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Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
STORY OF THE DOORMR. 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 the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life.

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