The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson, 1886.
Before you read: A short mystery with violence. Better for older children and teens.
A London lawyer is troubled by his friend Dr. Jekyll's will, which leaves everything to a cruel stranger named Edward Hyde. As he digs into the mystery, the truth turns out to be stranger than blackmail. It is a short book you can finish in an evening.
Public-domain text. First published in 1886; Robert Louis Stevenson died in 1894, so this text is in the public domain in the US, Canada, the EU and India. Summary and notes written by ViralScopeHub.