Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Annotated Edition)
Chapter-by-Chapter “What’s Just Happened”, Context Snacks, key quotes, themes & critics
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Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) is the quintessential Victorian tale of duality, repression, and hidden desire. A respected London doctor creates a potion that releases his darker self — Mr Hyde — leading to murder, madness, and one of the most famous revelations in all literature.
This TritonLit Annotated Edition helps readers uncover every layer of Stevenson’s haunting novella:
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Chapter-by-chapter guidance: concise “What’s Just Happened” summaries after every chapter.
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Context Snacks: quick, memorable background notes on Victorian science, psychology, and Gothic London.
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Character insights: analysis of Dr Jekyll, Mr Hyde, Utterson, Lanyon, and others.
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Key quotes with commentary: close readings that highlight Stevenson’s language, symbolism, and suspense.
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Themes and critics: perspectives on duality, morality, repression, and identity.
Essential for students, teachers, and lovers of Gothic literature, this edition makes one of the most chilling novellas of the nineteenth century vivid and clear.
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