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Summary: Great for nonreaders
Review: This book had its ups and downs it was also short. The intoduction put everything into sense like when it was said the trues meaning of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde's names. They are both of Scandinavian origin as Hyde comes from the Anglo-Saxon hyd which is Danish hide "a haven", and Jekyll comes from the Danish name Jokulle, which means "an icicle", and by not knowing the backround of the names some might think that Hyde means a place for hiding. I liked this book because it was exciting except for the begining of the novel when it was just talking about the characters and what they do. My favorite chapter was Search for Mr. Hyde because thats when we first get to see Mr. Hyde because they would only say little thing that would keep you guessing, and once I found out what he looked like I was excited to read more.
I would have to say that the best character was Dr. Henry Jekyll. I liked how he was sneaky and in the end of the book he tryed to be the good guy and stop taking the potion. It was also interesting when it was kind of throught the end of the novel when you find out that Jekyll and Hyde were very close. I would recondmend this book to almost anyone because I'm not much of a reader, but I really enjoyed this book.
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Summary: Pretty good, but slow
Review: This book is one of the "classics" that should be read by "everyone" at some point in their lives, but its not attractive enough to merit repeated readings. I thought the plot was a little slow in developing and the story could have been written with greater economy. It's an interesting tale of the different aspects of the Self, but as a story, it is so-so.
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Summary: A Review of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Review: This book was a fairly easy book to read, once yo get started, due to no hard words or complex situations. It was also extremely short, under a hundred pages. Although it was short, there were a few times I got lost or a little confused. For example, Dr. Lanyon had died, but later in the story there is a letter form him. Also the same situation with Dr. Jekyll. The beginning was a little difficult to get started. It contained too many adjectives and was too wordy.
This science fiction would have been more intriguing if I didn't already know the plot of the story. There are many differences between the book and all the other stories I have heard, which I did not like. It also contained good parts. The book eventually starts piecing itself together and gets more enjoyable. This book would be good for a those who like science fiction and seeing all sides of the story
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Summary: A Review of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Review: This book was a fairly easy book to read, once yo get started, due to no hard words or complex situations. It was also extremely short, under a hundred pages. Although it was short, there were a few times I got lost or a little confused. For example, Dr. Lanyon had died, but later in the story there is a letter form him. Also the same situation with Dr. Jekyll. The beginning was a little difficult to get started. It contained too many adjectives and was too wordy.
This science fiction would have been more intriguing if I didn't already know the plot of the story. There are many differences between the book and all the other stories I have heard, which I did not like. It also contained good parts. The book eventually starts piecing itself together and gets more enjoyable. This book would be good for a those who like science fiction and seeing all sides of the story
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Summary: A Confusing classic about the split personalities of mankind
Review: This classic tale by Robert Louis Stevenson has been read by people all over the world. I found the book extremly hard to understand. It is written in an old english style and jumps around alot. It goes from describing a scene of one thing and then jumps to another topic completely. I thought this was an ok book for it's time but is too confusing for the modern day passive reader.
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Summary: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Review: This controversial novel, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, shows the battle between the supernatural and rational thought. In this story Dr. Jekyll, a deranged scientist, creates a potion that separates his body into two people, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. This controversial theory of the body being divided into good and evil is clearly depicted in Stevenson's work. Many people would dispute the worth of this novel due to the fact the story is widely read and depicted as clearly as Stevenson has wrote. I truly enjoyed the true story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, showing the true reasons Dr. Jekyll had for his transformation.
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Summary: A well written fascinating novel
Review: This great is a Science Fiction book with well described characters and mystery. This novel is about a scientist by the name of Dr.Jekyll who by night takes on his evil self Mr.Hyde, a murderous monster. Mr.Hyde stay inside of Dr.Jekyll until the sun goes down and thats when his evil self comes out and runs along the streets of London doing nothing but harm. I recommend this book to any advanced reader.
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Summary: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Review: This was a great book to me. Partly because of the shortness of the novel. The book also was interesting because, if I had never heard the story before, I would not have been able to make the connection between Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde until the end of the book.
It was also very easily read because it grabs your attention, and I can't explain how, is able to keep it. With the exception of the huge part of the novel where Utterson speaks of Dr. Jekyll being locked in his laboratory, although an important part of the plot, the book kept my attention.
I enjoyed reading this book and would reccommend it to anyone with an interest in science fiction or the abnormal.
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Summary: The Origin of this Familiar Story Makes for Intense Reading
Review: We've probably all heard the story of Jekyll and Hyde, but reading the original tale for the first time is an introduction to what a true suspense novel is all about. The horror of this tale comes not from the deed itself, but by its steadily being uncovered by Mr. Utterson, the respectable Victorian lawyer. Utterson's friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, was also a respected Victorian man of a hard-working and decent nature. He maintained a respectable persona in public while hiding his indecent, baser impulses. Jekyll was troubled by the dual life he was leading, and so when his scientific interest led to mystical studies of the divided nature of man, he hoped to find a solution to his problem. He dreamed of separating the good and evil natures within man and proving that "man is not truly one, but truly two."What follows is a step-by-step account of how his friend Utterson discovers the relationship between Jekyll and Hyde. The reader is privvy to the torment of Dr. Jekyll, particularly in the final climactic chapter in which Dr. Jekyll in a letter to his friend explains all that has gone before. This is not a horror story, as some movie versions have implied, but a psychological study of man's dual nature and the relationship between civilized man and uncivilized man. Robert Louis Stevenson did a masterful job of building the tension and excitement and laying the groundwork for the final chapter, skillfully recounted in Dr. Jekyll's own words.
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