Day 12/30: Speed Read The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – 71 Pages in 52 Minutes
This is day #12 of the One Book, One Day challenge. We’re going to speed read The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson at 500 words per minute (WPM) using AccelaReader.com.
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About the Book:
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is the original title of a novella written by the famous Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson that was first published in 1886. The work is commonly known today as The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, or simply Jekyll & Hyde. It is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the evil Edward Hyde. The work is commonly associated with the rare mental condition often spuriously called “split personality”, referred to in psychiatry as dissociative identity disorder, where within the same body there exists more than one distinct personality. In this case, there are two personalities within Dr Jekyll, one apparently good and the other evil; completely opposite levels of morality. The novella’s impact is such that it has become a part of the language, with the very phrase “Jekyll and Hyde” coming to mean a person who is vastly different in moral character from one situation to the next.
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Book Stats:
Pages: 71
How Long To Read: 52 minutes (at 500 WPM)
Published: 1886
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Comments
KP
The videos are labeled Of Mice and Men still.
Thank you so much for doing this! This has been an incredible journey so far and I’m looking forward to completing the challenge.
KP
Book #12 finished. “Jekyll and Hyde” is so common in our vernacular but this was the first time that I’ve read this book. Nice.