Summary Despite the fact that thousands of pounds are offered for Sir Danvers’ murderer, Scotland Yard receives no information. Seemingly, Hyde has vanished. Yet, if the man himself has disappeared, past stories about him continue to surface. More tales about his past acts of cruelty are uncovered, and a general […]
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Summary Mr. Utterson goes immediately to Dr. Jekyll’s residence and is admitted by Poole, who takes him out of the house and across a former garden to the “dissecting rooms.” They enter, climb a flight of stairs, enter a door covered with imitation red felt and, at last, Utterson sees […]
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Summary This Chapter begins almost a year later and recounts the details of the murder of Sir Danvers Carew, a well-known and highly respected London gentleman. Carew was murdered near midnight on a foggy, full-moon night in October, and his murder was witnessed by a maid who worked and lived […]
Read more Summary and Analysis Chapter 4 – The Carew Murder CaseSummary and Analysis Chapter 3 – Dr. Jekyll was Quite at Ease
Summary Two weeks later, Dr. Jekyll gives a small dinner party, for which, we gather, he is well known, for the narrator refers to it as being “one of his pleasant dinners.” Five or six of Dr. Jekyll’s old cronies are invited, and among them is Mr. Utterson. As usual, […]
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Summary That evening, instead of coming home and ending the day with supper and “a volume of some dry divinity,” Mr. Utterson (the lawyer) eats, and then he takes a candle and goes into his business room. There, he opens a safe and takes out the will of Dr. Henry […]
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Summary When the novel opens, Mr. Utterson (a lawyer) and his friend Richard Enfield (a distant kinsman) are out for their customary Sunday srroll in London. People who know both men find it puzzling that the men are friends; seemingly, they have nothing in common. Yet both men look forward […]
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Mr. Gabriel John Utterson: The central character of the novel, who narrates most of the story, either directly or through documents which come into his possession. He is also the counsel for, and close friend to, both Dr. Jekyll and Dr. Lanyon. Mr. Richard Enfield: A distant kinsman of Mr. […]
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Every Sunday, Mr. Utterson, a prominent London lawyer, and his distant kinsman, Mr. Richard Enfield, take a stroll through the city of London. Even though to a stranger’s eyes, these two gentlemen seem to be complete opposites, both look forward to, and enjoy, their weekly stroll with one another. One […]
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