The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a novella written by Robert Louis Stevenson. It was first published in 1886. London-based lawyer Gabriel John Utterson scrutinizes bizarre incidents between his old friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll and the evil Edward Hyde. The work is frequently connected with notions of the unusual psychological ailment of "split personality" where, within the same person, there manifests more than one distinctive personality.