Read the excerpt from chapter 4 of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. An ivory-faced and silvery-haired old woman open
ed the door. She had an evil face, smoothed by hypocrisy: but her manners were excellent. Yes, she said, this was Mr. Hyde’s, but he was not at home; he had been in that night very late, but he had gone away again in less than an hour; there was nothing strange in that; his habits were very irregular, and he was often absent; for instance, it was nearly two months since she had seen him till yesterday. The plot creates by making the reader wonder why Mr. Hyde is away from home for such extended periods of time.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was the book which was written by the Scottish author Mr. Robert Louis during the time period of 1886.
The main concept of the book is that it will show you the classic touch and keep you away from the modern touch and hold you til you finish the book as the character mentioned in the books were so real and and it seems like it based on true story .
In the given phrase it is showing the character of women and the appearance too and how she is dealing with the house members and with the other guests. the whole story bases on real life events.
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<span>Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake</span>
