What happens in the book by Robert Louis Stevenson – DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE?
Dr. Henry Jekyll, a distinguished scientist and philanthropist, experiments with personality altering drugs which turn him into Edward Hyde, an evil, violent beast in this most bizarre of all Stevenson’s tales. Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Born: November 13, 1850; Edinburgh, Scotland Died: December 3, 1894; Vailima, near Apia, Samoa Type of Work: Fantasy-Horror Novelette The novelette is told from a variety of points of view and focuses on the search for the connection between the saintly Jekyll and the demon Hyde and concludes with the doctor’s written confession of the experiments that ultimately render him permanently transformed into the Hyde figure. In his confession Jekyll admits that Hyde has taken over as his true nature and that he allows himself to be transformed. It is only after he discovers that he is unable to reassert control over the experiment, even though he is using ever stronger drugs, that he shuts himself in the laboratory and commits suicide by taking a lethal
