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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is told through a third-person point of view.
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Partly — but not entirely. Stevenson uses a framed, multi-voice structure.
- Much of the novel is narrated in third-person focalized on Mr. Gabriel John Utterson (so you get a limited third-person perspective that follows his investigations and impressions).
- Interspersed with that are first-person documents and accounts: Enfield’s retelling early on, Dr. Lanyon’s written narrative, and Dr. Jekyll’s full first-person “confession.”
- The mix of limited third-person and these epistolary first-person sections creates mystery, limits readers’ knowledge, and then gradually reveals the truth from different, sometimes unreliable, viewpoints.
- Much of the novel is narrated in third-person focalized on Mr. Gabriel John Utterson (so you get a limited third-person perspective that follows his investigations and impressions).
- Interspersed with that are first-person documents and accounts: Enfield’s retelling early on, Dr. Lanyon’s written narrative, and Dr. Jekyll’s full first-person “confession.”
- The mix of limited third-person and these epistolary first-person sections creates mystery, limits readers’ knowledge, and then gradually reveals the truth from different, sometimes unreliable, viewpoints.
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