I'm writing about The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and it makes me wonder, what must it have been like to read it for the first time not knowing what happens? The same for Frankenstein, Dracula, any classic story that has wormed its way into societal consciousness. Until this year the closest I have come to any adaption of any of those three novels is the tv series Penny Dreadful, which takes many liberties, and yet nothing about the stories surprised me because I already knew. Since when? Always?

Imagine picking up one of those books just after it was released and starting this story you know nothing about. It must have been so exciting not already being familiar with the outcome and the twists.