“The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ” was published in 1886, and written by Robert Louis Stevenson. In just the beginning of the story it begins to get quite dark. The mood is set to be gloomy and that very well suits the story when you compare how Stevenson came up with one of his famous works. When he was suffering from tuberculosis (consumption was what they called it back then) he had strong and crazy dreams while under the effects from a high fever, so this gloomy feeling we begin to sense while reading feels darker when you think of how far his lucid dreams must’ve taken them. I find that interesting how in a time where not many people survived that disease; Stevenson began his work on a book which gave birth to many more books, comics, movies and shows. What is even more fascinating is how characters are inspired by real people. Louis Vivet was the first man diagnosed with multiple personality disorder the year before Stevenson published his book, and to think how real yet fictional this story gets is chilling. I look forward to finishing the story because it’s been some time since I’ve read it, and I’ll probably be looking up more of its origin and what really created “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” because it continues to get interesting the more you read.