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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Chapter 9: Dr Lanyon's Narrative

Lanyon's letter. He watched Hyde drink a potion and turn into Jekyll. That is what killed him.

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde has 10 chapters. Chapter 9: Dr Lanyon's Narrative comes after Chapter 8: The Last Night and before Chapter 10: Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case. The 2 key lines here come from Lanyon.

Richard Mansfield as Jekyll and Hyde, photographed by Henry Van der Weyde, about 1895
Richard Mansfield as Jekyll and Hyde, photographed by Henry Van der Weyde, about 1895. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

This chapter in five words

LanyonsawHydebecomeJekyll

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The quotes

2 big quotes in this chapter.

O God!" I screamed, and "O God!" again and again

Lanyon · Chapter 9: Dr Lanyon's Narrative · science · religion · duality

Lanyon watches Hyde drink the potion and turn into Jekyll. He cannot stop screaming.

My life is shaken to its roots

Lanyon · Chapter 9: Dr Lanyon's Narrative · science

What Lanyon saw broke everything he believed. Science, God, all of it.

← Before thisChapter 8: The Last Night: They break in; Hyde deadNext →Chapter 10: Henry Jekyll's Full Statement of the Case: Jekyll explains, then ends himself
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