Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Signet Classics) by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Book Reviews of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Signet Classics)
Book Review: Not Really About a Split-Personality
Summary: 5 Stars
Jekyll and Hyde is commonly evoked to describe someone with a split personality. Stevenson's novel is not really about a split personality, but rather a dual physical and spiritual nature struggling for control of one person. In this struggle, Dr. Jekyll doesn't just assume a different personality, he actually becomes Mr. Hyde.
Presbyterian Pastor Tim Keller has a good, brief analysis of parts of the Jekyll and Hyde story in his book The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism (Hardcover). Keller pinpoints a key point in the story, noting that it's in a moment of vainglory that Dr. Jekyll involuntary transforms into Mr. Hyde. This transformation occurs as Dr. Jekyll sits "on a bench in Regents Park, thinking about all the good he has been doing, and how much better man he was, despite Edward Hyde, than the great majority of people."
All this to say that Stevenson's novel goes far deeper than a psychoanalytic study of a split personality; it's about a profound spiritual struggle of the evil and good nature within a person.
Book Review: A Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
Told from the perspective of Dr. Jekyll's lawyer Mr. Utterson, as well as two letters which come into his possession, the tale centers around the good and evil in us all. This Mr. Hyde is evil, scrawny, and far superior to some of later, more cartoonish, versions of the story which show him as an enormous monster (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen comes to mind). With its 19th century language it is truly one of the great relatively short (less than 100 pages) horror stories ever written.
This is the classic tale for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as published in 1886, I loved this book and highly recommend it to everyone.
Book Review: A great story that has been immortalized.
Summary: 5 Stars
Robert Louis Stevenson is a good storyteller, and this book is probably one of his most well-known. It has been adapted into many different forms including the big screen and television. It has mostly been adapted into movies in the horror genre, and the book is certainly leaning towards this, but it also a wonderful story of the supernatural that still manages to terrify us. It is also a great story because of Stevenson's psychological perceptions, and his strong concern for ethical problems that keeps cropping up throughout the book. The book is still a valuable piece that should be read by anyone interested in great literature.Book Review: The Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Summary: 5 Stars
Dr. jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a story of a struggle of good and evil within ones self. Jekyll is a scientist who has a evil side no one really knows about until a one Mr. Hyde appears. Hyde is the evil everyone fears and Jekyll is the man every one wants to be. It turns out they are one and the same. If you like mystery or science fiction, you'll love this book. Robert Louis Stevenson is a genius who got into his characters. This book is worthy of 5 stars.Book Review: A MUST READ BOOK
Summary: 5 Stars
A BRILLIANT STORY-A BRILLIANT PREMISE THAT IS CARRIED OUT FLAWLESSLY, IMO ONLY..THE AUTHOR PAINTED PICTURES IN MY MIND AND I COULD ALMOST FEEL THE DISPAIR IN DOCTOR JEKYLL'S SOUL..NO PLOT SPOILER HERE..I HAVE SEEN ONE OLD MOVIE RENDITION-NOT BAD-BUT AS IS USUALLY THE CASE, THE BOOK IS BETTER (MUCH BETTER).. I WOULD CERTAINLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ANY READER LOOKING FOR A CLASSIC THRILLER..FOR ME IT WAS A FIVE STAR READ ALL THE WAY THROUGH..