First published 1995
Mary Reilly scrubs floors and tends fires in the London home of Dr. Henry Jekyll, a gentleman physician with peculiar habits. She records her observations in a private diary, noting the doctor's strange experiments and his association with the violent Edward Hyde. Mary watches from the servants' quarters as Jekyll grows increasingly erratic. His laboratory fills with unusual chemicals and equipment. Hyde appears at odd hours, terrifying the household staff. Mary finds herself drawn into the dangerous relationship between her employer and his sinister companion. She discovers that the boundary between respectability and savagery runs thinner than the walls of the Jekyll house. The story unfolds through Mary's eyes as she witnesses the transformation of her master and confronts her own capacity for both loyalty and fear.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, mystery, adult-fiction, gothic-horror, 19th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: gothic-horror, unreliable-narrator
Setting: London
Period: 19th-century
Audio Cassette · Harperaudio
Content warnings: violence