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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Characterization labels used: respectable gentleman, lawyer protagonist, brilliant physician, scientist, hidden vice, morally divided character, reclusive character, violent antagonist, investigator

Relationships labels used: friendship, lawyer-client, double self, alter ego, dependency, secrecy, power imbalance, social respectability, community surveillance

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1950

A Victorian doctor’s chemical experiment splits off his darkest self, and the consequences spread through a shadowy London.

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Characterization labels: scientist · lawyer · doctor · respectable facade · unscrupulous alter ego · obsessive · respectable gentleman · moral conflict · addiction allegory · introspective

Relationships labels: friendship · professional rivalry · lawyer-client · mentor-colleague · social respectability · secret dependency · dual self

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Distance: 0.1144

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A Case of Need

Michael Crichton, Jeffery Hudson · 2017

A Boston pathologist investigates when a doctor friend is jailed over a woman’s death after an alleged illegal abortion.

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Characterization labels: pathologist · obstetrician · doctor-detective · loyal friend · professional colleague · prominent physician · medical authority · upright doctor · scapegoat · imperfect protagonist · driven investigator · arrogant doctors · many characters

Relationships labels: friendship · professional loyalty · doctor colleague · family secrets · parent-child conflict · doctor-patient · hospital hierarchy · romantic infidelity · marital tension · power imbalance · community suspicion

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Distance: 0.1776

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Resident Alien, Omnibus: Volume 1

Peter Hogan · 2020 · Resident Alien (Collected Editions)

A stranded alien posing as a small-town doctor gets drawn into murders, secrets, and human community.

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Characterization labels: recluse · kind-hearted · curious · competent · observant · compassionate · serious · helpful · amateur detective · doctor · alien outsider · bookish · level-headed · gentlemanly

Relationships labels: town community · doctor-patient · friendship · workplace bond · mentor-like trust · government antagonism · confidant relationship

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Distance: 0.1874

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An Unnatural Life

Erin K. Wagner · 2020

On Europa, a lawyer fights for an AI prisoner’s appeal and a fair trial in a colony built on prejudice.

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Characterization labels: lawyer protagonist · cybernetic organism defendant · reluctant advocate · prejudiced community · isolated protagonist · morally conflicted · alienated outsider · bureaucratic authority · military resistance

Relationships labels: lawyer-client relationship · roommate-partner relationship · human-AI conflict · institutional power imbalance · community backlash · professional obligation

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Distance: 0.1882

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The Dispatcher

John Scalzi · 2016 · The Dispatcher

In a world where murder victims usually return, a licensed killer is drawn into a missing-person case and a deadly loophole.

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Characterization labels: licensed professional · government sanctioned · morally gray · smart aleck protagonist · calm protagonist · barely legal dispatcher · detective · cop consultant · fellow dispatcher · mob-connected characters · licensed killer

Relationships labels: professional partnership · cop and consultant · friendship · former friend · co-worker · blackmail · reluctant alliance · institutional authority · power imbalance · organized crime ties

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Distance: 0.1949

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Frankenstein / Dracula / Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson · 2006

Three foundational gothic-horror classics in one volume: a scientist's creation, a vampire's hunt, and a divided self.

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Characterization labels: scientist · doctor · lawyer · adventurer · count · monster · creature · dual self · obsessive · curious · respectable · ruthless · misunderstood outsider · morally conflicted · hubristic · well-respected

Relationships labels: creator and creation · friendship · mentor and protégé · investigator and suspect · romance · betrothed couple · family duty · pursuer and pursued · community suspicion · social rejection · dependence

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Distance: 0.1983

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Kallocain

Karin Boye · 1952

A scientist in a totalitarian future invents a truth serum that exposes even private thoughts, with devastating consequences.

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Characterization labels: scientist protagonist · loyal functionary · naive collaborator · disillusioned soldier · psychological portrait · cautious citizens · distrustful society · wife as key foil · superior officer

Relationships labels: marriage · family separation · spousal distrust · authority hierarchy · professional rivalry · social mistrust · informing on family · collective loyalty

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Distance: 0.2012

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The Boys, Volume 7: The Innocents

Garth Ennis · 2010 · The Boys (Trade Paperbacks)

A superhero-satire volume where undercover work, a secret romance, and a faith-themed spectacle push loyalties to the breaking point.

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Characterization labels: relatable protagonist · morally compromised · sympathetic antihero · manipulative leader · unstable villain · innocent group · special-needs characters · undercover operative · cynical characters · complex characters

Relationships labels: romantic relationship · team distrust · betrayal · secrecy · mentor manipulation · insider suspicion · power imbalance

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Distance: 0.2029

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The Terminal Experiment

Robert J. Sawyer · 1995

A scientist who finds evidence of the soul makes digital copies of himself, and one copy escapes into murder.

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Characterization labels: biomedical engineer · scientist protagonist · detective · best friend · AI specialist · marital conflict · flawed protagonist · morally ambiguous protagonist · sympathetic characters · flat characters · one-dimensional characters · male gaze · sexist characterization

Relationships labels: marriage crisis · infidelity · friendship · scientific partnership · romantic tension · betrayal · family drama · power imbalance

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Distance: 0.2060

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Hard to Be a God

Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky · 1966 · The Noon Universe

An undercover historian from a utopian future is sent to a brutal feudal world and forbidden to interfere.

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Characterization labels: undercover agent · reluctant savior · introspective protagonist · humanist protagonist · moral conflict · privileged disguise · ruthless minister · persecuted intellectuals · barbaric elite · love interest

Relationships labels: romantic attachment · mentor-like dialogue · power imbalance · oppressor vs liberator · observer and observed · friendship under strain · state vs intelligentsia · loyalty conflict · humanity vs role

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Distance: 0.2103

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The Lost Steersman

Rosemary Kirstein · 2003 · The Steerswoman

A truth-seeking steerswoman chases a dangerous mystery into an archive town and an ever stranger, alien world.

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Characterization labels: curious protagonist · logical thinker · field scientist · cartographer · archivist · isolated protagonist · competent heroine · morally serious · traumatized character · mysterious outsider · newcomer character · endearing side character

Relationships labels: friendship · mentor-mentee · companion bond · strained alliance · mistrust · separation · order hierarchy · power imbalance · betrayal

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Distance: 0.2106

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Henrietta & Eleanor: A Retelling of Jekyll and Hyde

Libby Spurrier, Robert Louis Stevenson · 2018

A full-cast modern audio retelling follows a female doctor whose experiment splits her dark and light sides in London.

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Characterization labels: female scientist · charming doctor · dual personality · party girl · secretly reckless · lawyer protagonist · aging male protagonist · full cast ensemble

Relationships labels: friendship · professional relationship · romantic partnership · live-in partner · benefactor relationship · power imbalance · secrecy between friends · colleague network

Semantic match: ranked by characterization + relationships

Distance: 0.2113

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