The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (AmazonClassics Edition) characters

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A reserved and dependable London lawyer who inspires trust despite his austere manner. Concern for his friend Dr. Jekyll draws him into investigating the disturbing Edward Hyde and the unusual terms of Jekyll's will.

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Utterson's distant relative and regular Sunday walking companion. Though both men are quiet, Enfield tells Utterson about a sinister stranger he once saw injure a child and about the respectable name connected to the stranger's payment.

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A small, unsettling man whom Enfield sees deliberately trample a child in a London street. His appearance is hard for observers to describe, yet it creates an immediate sense of deformity and aversion. He has access to a neglected door attached to a respectable house.

First appears in chapter 2

A wealthy physician and old friend of Utterson whose charitable reputation contrasts with his mysterious connection to Edward Hyde. His will leaves his property to Hyde and also provides for Hyde to take control if Jekyll disappears.

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A respected doctor and longtime friend of both Utterson and Jekyll. He dismisses Jekyll's more speculative research as unsound and says that a scientific disagreement ended their former closeness.

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Dr. Jekyll's loyal butler. He receives Utterson at the doctor's home and confirms that Hyde has his own key and that the household has orders to obey him.

First appears in chapter 4

A courteous and distinguished elderly member of Parliament. A maid witnesses his chance meeting with Hyde in a London street, where Hyde suddenly attacks and kills him with a heavy cane.

First appears in chapter 4

A Scotland Yard officer investigating the murder of Sir Danvers Carew. He accompanies Utterson to Hyde's rooms in Soho and recognizes that the wanted man's apparent wealth makes the case unusually prominent.