The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonMy rating: 1 of 5 stars
The devil is in the detail as Stevenson tells a short yet intriguing tale of Victorian horror. The tale begins through gossip, with neither the doctor or the lawyer actually witnessing events. The character on the whole are way too polite; expecting the worst out of any criminal outcome; and even admitting to the authorities that a crime may be at stake when attempting to settle the compensation of the innocent girl. Jekyll’s narrative confession at the end of the story is too long-winded for any reader to acknowledge, as the narrative is too scientific and there is too much information on which to dwell. The story’s conclusion is too short, and it is not made clear what has become of Jekyll in Doctor Lanyon’s letter, or of the outcome of Lanyon himself in Jekyll’s statement. Perhaps this is why the book is so successful in that Stevenson has missed a trick to allow other producers to finish his work for him.
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