# The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.

- [Story of the Door](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/chapters/story-of-the-door.md): Mr. Utterson is introduced as a reserved but loyal lawyer. During a Sunday walk with his kinsman Mr. Enfield, they pass a mysterious door. Enfield recounts a disturbing incident where a man named Hyde trampled a young gi
- [Search for Mr. Hyde](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/chapters/search-for-mr-hyde.md): Mr. Utterson, troubled by the strange terms of Dr. Jekyll's will and the disturbing account of Mr. Hyde given by Enfield, begins his own investigation. He visits Dr. Lanyon, who reveals a long-standing rift with Jekyll o
- [Dr. Jekyll Was Quite at Ease](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/chapters/dr-jekyll-was-quite-at-ease.md): At a dinner party hosted by Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Utterson stays behind to confront Jekyll about his will and his association with Mr. Hyde. Jekyll becomes pale and defensive, insisting the matter is private and that he can ri
- [The Carew Murder Case](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/chapters/the-carew-murder-case.md): Nearly a year after the events of the door, Sir Danvers Carew is brutally murdered by Edward Hyde in a moonlit lane, witnessed by a maid. The murder weapon, a broken cane, is identified by Mr. Utterson as one he gave to 
- [Incident of the Letter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/chapters/incident-of-the-letter.md): Mr. Utterson visits Dr. Jekyll after the murder of Sir Danvers Carew. Jekyll swears he is done with Hyde and gives Utterson a letter from Hyde to examine. Utterson later shows the letter to his clerk, Mr. Guest, who noti
- [Remarkable Incident of Dr. Lanyon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/chapters/remarkable-incident-of-dr-lanyon.md): After Hyde's disappearance following the murder of Sir Danvers Carew, Jekyll briefly returns to his social life, but soon isolates himself again. Utterson visits the dying Dr. Lanyon, who refuses to discuss Jekyll and re
- [Incident at the Window](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/chapters/incident-at-the-window.md): During a Sunday walk, Utterson and Enfield pass by the bystreet door and discuss Hyde's disappearance. They see Dr. Jekyll at his window, looking despondent. Jekyll declines their invitation to join them, claiming he can
- [The Last Night](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/chapters/the-last-night.md): Utterson and Poole break into Jekyll's cabinet after hearing Hyde's footsteps, only to find Hyde dead by suicide. They discover a new will naming Utterson as beneficiary, a note from Jekyll directing him to read Lanyon's
- [Dr. Lanyon's Narrative](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/chapters/dr-lanyon-s-narrative.md): Dr. Lanyon recounts receiving a desperate letter from Dr. Jekyll, urging him to retrieve a drawer from Jekyll's cabinet and deliver it to a mysterious messenger at midnight. Lanyon complies, breaking into Jekyll's cabine
- [Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/chapters/henry-jekyll-s-full-statement-of-the-case.md): In his final written confession, Dr. Henry Jekyll reveals the full truth behind his experiments with the transformative drug, his creation of Edward Hyde as a separate embodiment of his evil impulses, and the gradual los

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