Penguin Pockets: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

We all carry contradictions, but Stevenson turns the darker side of human nature into something terrifyingly tangible. Dr Jekyll is a respected doctor who becomes fascinated by the impulses he keeps hidden beneath his respectable exterior. His experiments produce Mr Hyde, a darker version of himself who is free from the restraints of morality and social convention. As Hyde grows increasingly powerful, Jekyll finds himself losing control over the boundary between the man he is and the man he wants to hide. Gripping and unsettling, this Gothic classic explores repression, temptation, morality and the divided self, while confronting a fear that remains deeply relevant: that the person we present to the world may never be the whole story.