Strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde is a gothic novella by scottish author robert louis stevenson first published in 1886 the work is also known as the strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde dr jekyll and mr hyde or simply jekyll hyde. The strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde robert louis stevenson strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde is a gothic novella by the scottish author robert louis stevenson first published in 1886 the work is also known as the strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde dr jekyll and mr hyde or simply jekyll hyde. The strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde by robert louis stevenson name class 2 contents 1 chapter 1 story of the door 5 14 chapter 2 search for mr hyde 15 27 a chapter 2 text 15 21 b chapter 2 activities 22 25 c chapter 2 quote bank 26 d chapter 2 practice question 27 3 chapter 3 dr jekyll was quite at ease 28 33 a . Having taking the final draught jekyll wrote as jekyll for the last time expressing his hope that hyde would have the courage to release himself at the last moment p 32 quotations from strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde the works of robert louis stevenson swanston edn vol v london chatto and windus 1911. Robert louis stevensons the strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde 1886 is a late victorian variation on ideas first raised in mary shelleys frankenstein 1818 stevensons monster however is not artificially created from stitched together body parts but rather emerges fully formed from the dark side of the human personality