Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is the original title of a novel written by the famous Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson that was first published in 1886. The work is commonly known today as The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, or just Jekyll & Hyde. It's about a London lawyer named John Gabriel Utterson who investigates strange happenings between his old friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and the evil Edward Hyde.