Robert Louis Stevenson Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Book: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Type of book: Novel
Name of author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Number of pages: 76

Description of main characters:

Dr. Jekyll:
He was a hard working man who liked science and experiments. He was strong, large and a well-made man with his good and bad sides.

Mr. Hyde:
A short evil man with a strong, heavy body but he was thin, bony and hairy. There was something ugly and unpleasing, really hateful. Nobody liked him.

Mr. Utterson:
Mr. Utterson was a lawyer, he was a quiet, serious man. He was shy with strangers and afraid of showing his feelings. But among friends he was open, good and kind.

Mr. Enfield:
He was a distant cousin and a very good friend of Mr. Utterson. He and his cousin were different from each other in every way but they often took long walks together speaking to each other.

Dr. Lanyon:
He was interested in the same things as Dr. Jekyll but at one time he thought that Henry Jekyll became too imaginative. He developed some strange, wild, unscientific ideas and so they stopped meeting each other.

Story:
The story begins with the walk of Mr. Utterson and Mr. Enfield. They were walking through the streets of London. They stopped in front of a black old house. Enfield remembered a story. One day when he was walking near the house, he saw a girl and a short man. They bumped into each other and the girl fell down. The short man walked calmly over the child's body. The girl started to cry. Enfield caught the man and brought him back. A small crowd was already around the girl. There was a doctor, too. He said that the girl was more frightened than hurt. Enfield and the doctor wanted money from the short man who's name was Hyde for the girl and they warned him that they would tell the story over London. Thus the man decided to pay 100 pounds. 10 pounds in gold and 90 pounds by check, but signed with the name Henry Jekyll and not with the name Hyde. But Hyde promised to go to the bank and change the money and so he did. Enfield and the doctor didn't like the man because there was something evil on him. Enfield's cousin Utterson decided, after this story, to meet Hyde but not only for this story but because his client Dr. Jekyll wrote a will. He wrote that if he would die or disappear for more than 3 months, all his money should be inherited by Mr. Hyde. So Utterson went to see Dr. Lanyon and ask about Mr. Hyde. Dr. Lanyon didn't know anything about Hyde and he didn't speak to Dr.