Audio book on cd, classics collection 2006 You will enjoy these tales of adventure, intrigue and excitement as if hearing them for the first time Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is the original title абэевof a novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1886 The work is commonly known today as The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde or Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde[1] It is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investаврьфigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll,[2] and the misanthropic Mr Edward Hyde The work is known for its vivid portrayal of a split personality, split in the sense that within the same person there is both an apparently good and an evil personality each being quite distinct from the other The novella's impact is such that it has become a part of the language, with the phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" coming to mean a person who is vastly different in moавчдфral character from one situation to the next[3] Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was an immediate success and is one of Stevenson's best-selling works Stage adaptations began in Boston and London within a year of its publication and it has gone on to inspire scores of major film and stage performances.