"Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" by R.L Stevenson.

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In the novel Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by R. L Stevenson, a story of

mischief and selfishness occurs. It's like this, there is a man called Dr. Jekyll

he doesn't like who he is so one day he thinks of a potion that makes his good

part split away from his bad part. That is when Mr. Hyde comes into the

picture, he is the bad part of Dr. Jekyll. Mr. Hyde likes to party have a good

time and cares less about others, but Dr. Jekyll is a caring Doctor whom

everybody adores and loves. Mr. Hyde gets himself into a lot of trouble in

this story for example he gets a man killed and pushes down little girls for fun

Mr. Utterson, a lawyer and a friend of Dr. Jekyll's, finds something peculiar

about Dr. Jekyll and decides to keep a close watch on him.

One day the potion stops working for Dr.

Jekyll and he can't turn back

into himself , he stays in the body of Mr. Hyde, the dreadful, ugly, little

midget whom nobody likes. He decides to hide in his study upstairs and tells

his servants that he is really sick and contagious and tells them to stay away

from the study where hopefully nobody will see him. The only source of

communication is the notes he writes to his servants.

One day Mr. Utterson and the servant break down the door of the

study to find out if it really is Dr. Jekyll in that room. To their surprise it is

Mr. Hyde with a bottle of poison. He had committed suicide before they had

a chance to break down the door to the study.

The book ends when Mr. Utterson reads a letter which says 'only to be

read when...