dr jekyll and mr hyde robert louis stevenson summary

One year later, Edward Hyde brutally murders Sir Danvers Carew by beating him to death with a cane. After tracking the man down, Hyde is initially civil but turns angry when Utterson extends the conversation, probing into his relationship with Dr.

Utterson concludes that Hyde is blackmailing Jekyll and resolves to seek the man out to understand why. Utterson also realizes that the mysterious door is connected, in an L shaped way, to Jekyll's home. Even stranger, the will states that in case of Jekyll's disappearance for more than three months, Hyde will assume Jekyll's estate without delay. Edward Hyde, whom Utterson has never met and whom he assumes is the mysterious man in Enfield's story. Jekyll's death, his substantial estate will pass to Mr. Henry Jekyll's mysterious will, which Jekyll recently filed. Although Enfield assumed the check would be a forgery, it proves to be legitimate.Īfter hearing the story, Utterson returns to his home where he removes his friend and client Dr. Agreeable to this compromise, the mysterious man disappears into the cellar door and returns with a check bearing not his own name, but that of the respectable Dr. Enfield catch the mysterious man and instead of getting the police, decide to force him to give the girl's family money. Late one night, while on his way home, Enfield chanced upon a deformed, short man who trampled a girl in the street on her way to fetch a doctor. Enfield launches into a story about a strange occurrence related to the door. Initially silent, the men pass a mysterious basement cellar door, and Mr. Richard Enfield, are leisurely walking through London.

Dr jekyll and mr hyde robert louis stevenson summary