This classic is not for the fainthearted! The story centers around a lawyer by the name of Mr. Utterson who is a friend to Dr. Jekyll, a young scientist. He hears an alarming tale about a mysterious good-for-nothing Mr. Hyde and his violent cruelty, and investigates it. Utterson finds that Dr. Jekyll knows the man and has given him free reign of his house. More suspicions are aroused when an innocent bystander witnesses a sudden murder in the streets - and the murderer matches Mr. Hyde's description. Not long afterwards Dr. Jekyll seems to have disappeared. The story closes with a startling revelation.If you can't stand a story without a happy ending, this probably isn't the book for you. There are those boy pleasers (violence, murder and mayhem), and the Mommy pleasers (a large vocabulary, the 1800s attitude, and a general air of intelligence). However, if you have read classics before you will notice that this book too contains some of the occasional old swears that were popular at that time. I enjoyed the story very much, but if you are under 13 and scary violence bothers you, you may want to have your mom or dad read it before you do.
Rated: PG -13
Author:
Robert Louis Stevenson
Country:
Scotland
Language:
English
Publisher:
Longmans, Green & co.
Publication date:
January 1886
1 comment:
Hey,
I just realized that I COULD comment on this blog. Anyway, I like what you're doing, I think it's really great. Hm, Meggy, fainthearted, bothered by violence, and not liking stories w/o happy endings... would that be me? :P
Luv,
~Emy
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