The Gothic and the supernatural

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

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“But tonight there was a shudder in his blood [...] he seemed to read a menace in the flickering of the firelight on the polished cabinets and the uneasy starting of the shadow on the roof.” Narrator Search for Mr Hyde
“It turns me cold to think of this creature stealing like a thief to Harry’s bedside; poor Harry, what a wakening! And the danger of it” Utterson Search for Mr Hyde
“At the horror of these sights and sounds, the maid fainted.” Narrator The Carew Murder Case
“and that was the haunting sense of unexpressed deformity with which the fugitive impressed his beholders.” Narrator The Carew Murder Case
“And his blood ran cold in his veins.” Narrator Incident of the Letter
“He had his death-warrant written legibly upon his face. The rosy man had grown pale; his flesh had fallen away; he was visibly balder and older.” Narrator Remarkable Incident of Doctor Lanyon
“some deep-seated terror of the mind.” Narrator Remarkable Incident of Doctor Lanyon
“I sometimes think if we knew all, we should be more glad to get away.” Lanyon Remarkable Incident of Doctor Lanyon
“I could not think this earth contained a place for sufferings and terrors so unmanning” Lanyon Remarkable Incident of Doctor Lanyon
“But the words were hardly uttered, before the smile was struck out of his face and succeeded by an expression of such abject terror and despair, as froze the very blood of the two gentlemen below.” Narrator Incident at the Window
“They were both pale; and there was an answering horror in their eyes.” Narrator Incident at the Window
“A crushing sense of calamity.” Narrator The Last Night
“The housemaid broke into hysterical weeping.” Narrator The Last Night
“They are all afraid” Poole The Last Night
“and who’s in there instead of him, and why it stays there, is a thing that cries to Heaven.” Poole The Last Night
“A fresh terror struck upon my soul” Jekyll Doctor Lanyon’s Narrative
“I made sure my collage was insane” Lanyon Doctor Lanyon’s Narrative
“The most racking pangs succeeded: a grinding of the bones, deadly nausea, and a horror of the spirit that cannot be exceeded at the hour of birth or death” Jekyll Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case

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