# The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Character guide

> Key figures in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.

- [Mr. Utterson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/characters/gabriel_john_utterson.md): A dry, dutiful lawyer who keeps his friends' secrets and his own counsel, until a client's strange will drags him into the dark.
- [Dr. Henry Jekyll](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/characters/dr_henry_jekyll.md): A charitable, brilliant doctor who withdraws from the world he once charmed, leaving his oldest friends to wonder what he is hiding.
- [Mr. Edward Hyde](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/characters/edward_hyde.md): A small, deformed young man whose very presence provokes loathing in strangers and who seems to hold a sinister claim on Dr. Jekyll.
- [Poole](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/characters/poole.md): Dr. Jekyll's longtime butler, faithful and plainspoken, who knows his master's habits well enough to recognize when something is deeply wrong.
- [Dr. Hastie Lanyon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/characters/dr_hastie_lanyon.md): A hearty, respected physician and one of Jekyll's oldest friends, whose abrupt break with the doctor leaves Utterson groping for answers.
- [Mr. Richard Enfield](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/characters/mr_richard_enfield.md): A distant relative of Utterson who first tells him about the mysterious door and Hyde.
- [Mr. Guest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/characters/mr_guest.md): Utterson's clerk and handwriting expert who compares letters from Jekyll and Hyde.
- [Sir Danvers Carew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/characters/sir_danvers_carew.md): A respected Member of Parliament who is brutally murdered by Hyde.
- [Messrs. Maw](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_strange_case_of_dr_jekyll_and_mr_hyde_se/characters/messrs_maw.md): Chemists from whom Jekyll orders a special salt for his experiments.

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