Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr.Jekyll (1941) Spencer TracyFull text online version of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Still image from the 1941 movie starring Spencer Tracy. Gotta love the fog.

 


Here’s another still from the 1931 adaptation:

Dr.Jekyll (1931)

It is interesting that movies typically visualize Hyde’s largely unnamed crimes as erotically charged attacks on innocent femininity. How much does the text really tell us about the varieties of immoral activities Hyde supposedly enjoys?