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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Premise labels used: dual identity, doppelgänger, split self, secret alter ego, mad scientist, self-experimentation, good vs evil, inner darkness, repressed desires

Themes labels used: duality of human nature, good and evil, repression, hypocrisy, respectability, morality, ambition, curiosity, loss of control, identity, vice, self-destruction, psychology, appearance vs reality, social norms, deception, mental illness, shame

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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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Premise labels: dual identity · good and evil · inner self · forbidden experiment · scientific hubris · split personality · moral duality · hidden self

Themes labels: duality · morality · repression · Victorian morality · sexual repression · hypocrisy · self-control · identity · conscience · sin · addiction · temptation · human nature · good versus evil · social respectability · moral decay · scientific ethics

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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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Premise labels: gender swap · modern retelling · dual nature · split self · good and evil · dark side · secret identity · scientific experiment · hidden monster

Themes labels: duality · good and evil · human nature · moral conflict · identity · self-control · repression · freedom · double life · gender roles · social expectations · psychological duality

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Hyde

Daniel Levine, Robert Louis Stevenson · 2014

A gothic retelling of Jekyll and Hyde from Hyde’s perspective, exposing hidden motives, abuse, and a fractured mind.

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Premise labels: villain perspective · psychological retelling · dual identity · altered self · secret self · unreliable narrator · sympathetic villain · origin story · medical experiment · self-experimentation · hidden past · framed for crimes · competing personalities · mind-body split

Themes labels: duality · identity · repression · self-knowledge · hidden nature · human nature · morality · good and evil · social hypocrisy · class hypocrisy · abuse trauma · psychological fragmentation · sexual repression · survival · self-destruction

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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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Premise labels: scientific overreach · forbidden experiment · monster creation · vampire hunt · dual identity · hidden self · good vs evil · moral corruption · secrets and consequences · investigation of the uncanny

Themes labels: duality · good vs evil · human nature · scientific ethics · responsibility · abandonment · isolation · ambition · reputation · identity · temptation · morality · control · companion need · science vs religion · civilization vs savagery

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The Glass Scientists: Volume One

S.H. Cotugno, Sabrina Cotugno · 2023 · The Glass Scientists

In Victorian London, a public-facing scientist builds a haven for “rogue” minds while a dangerous secret and new arrivals threaten it.

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Premise labels: mad science · rogue scientists · secret identity · buried secrets · public image · misunderstood monsters · found family · scientific haven · social acceptance · identity conflict

Themes labels: duality · self-acceptance · repression · identity · morality · societal expectations · otherness · marginalization · public image · acceptance · human nature · secrecy · belonging · class judgment · queer identity · gender identity

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Infinity War

Jim Starlin · 2006 · Infinity War

A cosmic Marvel crossover where Thanos allies with heroes to stop Adam Warlock’s dark half and a universe-wide takeover.

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Premise labels: cosmic crossover · evil doppelgangers · shadow self · universal threat · power struggle · team-up against villain · godhood crisis

Themes labels: duality · good vs evil · power and corruption · identity · free will · moral conflict · reality manipulation · trust and paranoia · responsibility · hubris

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Ces jours qui disparaissent

Timothé Le Boucher · 2017

After losing every other day to a hidden double self, a young acrobat fights to keep his own life from disappearing.

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Premise labels: lost time · alter ego · dual identity · body sharing · identity conflict · time slip · memory gaps · possessed body · fight for control · self replacement · life under threat

Themes labels: identity · duality · time · mortality · selfhood · memory · loss · living fully · carpe diem · human nature · purpose · happiness · societal value · belonging · alienation · trauma · mental illness · grief · life worth living

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The Face of Another

Kōbō Abe · 2003

A disfigured scientist builds a lifelike mask and discovers it may free, split, or destroy his sense of self.

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Premise labels: Facial disfigurement · Identity crisis · Mask identity · Social alienation · Alienated scientist · Experimental selfhood · Disguise · Social stigma · Marriage strain · Double self

Themes labels: Identity · Selfhood · Alienation · Isolation · Persona · Masking · Appearance · Social roles · Human nature · Social acceptance · Perception · Self-deception · Authenticity · Embodiment · Beauty standards · Sexuality · Existentialism · Psychological fracture · Otherness · Modern alienation · Discrimination · Social contract · Technology and fear

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The Town with No Mirrors

Christina Collins · 2023

In a mirrorless town, a curious girl secretly draws faces and uncovers the truth behind her community.

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Premise labels: hidden identity · forbidden appearance · isolated community · curiosity about self · outside world · missing parent · secret portraits · body image

Themes labels: body image · self-image · identity · individuality · conformity · appearance standards · beauty standards · self-worth · judgment · secrecy · curiosity · indoctrination · censorship · truth and deception · control · education · societal pressure · inner versus outer qualities · harmful extremism

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My Name Isn't Paul: A Cosmic Horror Novella

Drew Huff · 2025

An alien mimic living as a salesman unravels as his species’ breeding cycle forces a crisis of self and hunger.

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Premise labels: identity crisis · hidden identity · mimicry · alien among humans · human disguise · existential dread · body horror · reproductive horror

Themes labels: identity · humanity · self-loathing · shame · guilt · masking · personhood · alienation · transgression · consent · biology vs choice · parenthood · grief · acceptance · morality · survival

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The Murders of Molly Southbourne

Tade Thompson · 2017 · Molly Southbourne

A girl whose blood creates murderous doubles must survive her own body, her secrets, and the rules that keep her alive.

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Premise labels: doppelgänger horror · blood curse · self-hunting · survival · identity crisis · medical horror · biological anomaly

Themes labels: identity · self-destruction · survival · trauma · coming of age · female growth · nature versus nurture · body autonomy · violence · family sacrifice · alienation · psychological horror · mortality · resilience · control

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Last to Leave the Room

Caitlin Starling · 2023

A ruthless scientist in a sinking city finds a door in her basement—and a duplicate self that begins taking her place.

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Premise labels: sinking city · doppelganger · identity crisis · mysterious door · duplicate self · corporate research · scientific anomaly · memory loss · subterranean mystery · unreliable reality

Themes labels: identity · selfhood · memory · duplicate self · dehumanization · obsession · ambition · arrogance · knowledge cost · control · madness · claustrophobia · existential dread · corporate power · body autonomy · truth and uncertainty · duality

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