The New Annotated Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The Complete Annotated Edition

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You sit quietly on the top of a hill; and away the stone goes, starting others; and presently some bland old bird (the last you would have thought of) is knocked on the head in his own back-garden and the family have to change their name. I give you my hand upon that; and I thank you again and again; and I will just add one little word, Utterson, that I'm sure you'll take in good part: this is a private matter , and I beg of you to let it sleep. Jekyll was no exception; and as he now sat on the opposite side of the fire— a large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty, with something of a slyish cast perhaps, but every mark of capacity and kindness —you could see by his looks that he cherished for Mr.

buildings in London were often expanded on over time in a haphazard manner with new extensions and walls brought down or put up between rooms so it really did become a maze inside. Utterson and Enfield are out for a walk when they pass a strange-looking door (the entrance to Dr Jekyll’s laboratory). according to the OED "a visible but unsubstantial appearance, an image caused by reflexion as in a mirror", the OED then quotes the above passage by Stevenson as an example. All show his power of invention, his command of the macabre and the eerie, and the psychological depth of his characterization. Two doors from one corner , on the left hand going east, the line was broken by the entry of a court; and just at that point, a certain sinister block of building thrust forward its gable on the street.

Calendar arrived safely in plastic-free packaging - which I've not seen before with a calendar, so kudos for that. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a gothic novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1886. Please help to make the world's best, and free, annotated version of the classic Stevenson "bogey tale". Wikipedia: [[w:Robert Louis Stevenson]] — will link to the Encyclopedia article on Robert Louis Stevenson.At Makar's Court in Edinburgh there is a museum dedicated to Stevenson, Robert Burns, and Walter Scott. A close observer might have gathered that the topic was distasteful; but the doctor carried it off gaily. A large, easy to read font and left-justified text for children who struggle to access the printed word. In this case, the two personalities in Dr Jekyll are apparently good and evil, with completely opposite levels of morality.

It has inspired over a hundred stage, film and audio adaptations, and its titular protagonist has passed into the English language as the definition of a person with two shockingly different sides to their character. it was typical for the sons of the wealthy to be sent to all-boys boarding schools from about age eleven to eighteen where they would commonly form life-long "old boy" ties.While these stories and others, such as David Balfour and The Master of Ballantrae (1889), are stories of adventure, they are at the same time fine studies of character.