description: The structure of ['Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'] follows a path as indirect and elusive as its multiple narrative voices. With its obliquely recorded incidents, its eyewitness accounts and sealed confessions, it resembles...a [police detective's] casebook--a collection of gathered clues, fragments, through which the clever detective may be able to...project a complete narrative. Perhaps one of the most compelling aspects of this novel [of ten chapters] is that, in fact, there's so much left here for [the reader] to fill in, so many scenes that [the reader] can only imagine. Such a structure creates fertile ground for allegory [a story with symbolic meaning] hunters, and there are indeed many convincing interpretations of this novel.
language: English
title: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales
titlecomplete: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales
characters: Poole (Jekyll & Hyde), Richard Enfield, Mr Edward Hyde, Mr Gabriel John Utterson, Dr Hastie Lanyon, Dr Henry Jekyll
genres: Literature, 19th Century, Gothic, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Classics, School, Audiobook, Mystery, Horror
ratings_count: 546803
places: London, England, United Kingdom, England
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY)
category: Audio Fiction - Abridged
publisher: Andor Classics