Is Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde hard to read? Its reading level from A1 to C2
How many words in every 100 you will probably not know, at each level from A1 to C2. Estimated over the whole book with Solaread’s own word-difficulty model.
- Author
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- First published
- 1886
- Length
- About 24,900 words
- Copyright
- Public domain
Short answer
Just right only at C2: 3.1 new words in every 100. At B1 it is too hard, 10.2 in 100. It is the eighth hardest of the 20 English classics we measured.
New words per 100, by level
Estimated over all 24,865 running words. Character names are left out. The labels follow Solaread’s difficulty scale: Easy means knowing 98 of every 100 words, Just right 95, A little hard 90, and below that Too hard.
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde vocabulary by level
At A2
- lawyer73×
- cabinet28×
- lay28×
- begin39×
- reply22×
- doctor39×
- cry21×
- sir59×
- indeed26×
- servant15×
- terror15×
- strange19×
The 12 words an A2 reader is most likely to stop at in this book, with how often each appears. Together they are about 5% of the new words at this level.
At B1
- by-street9×
- countenance9×
- drawer10×
- servant15×
- scarce8×
- murderer9×
- maid9×
- inquire7×
- candle9×
- visitor11×
- bore9×
- remark7×
The 12 words a B1 reader is most likely to stop at in this book, with how often each appears. Together they are about 3% of the new words at this level.
At B2
- by-street9×
- countenance9×
- tremble6×
- pang6×
- inquire7×
- hitherto6×
- stair6×
- deformity5×
- trifle5×
- incline5×
- tempt5×
- scarce8×
The 12 words a B2 reader is most likely to stop at in this book, with how often each appears. Together they are about 4% of the new words at this level.
The opening lines
Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary and yet somehow lovable. At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life. He was austere with himself; drank gin when he was alone, to mortify a taste for vintages; and though he enjoyed the theatre, had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years.
Open the free EPUB in Solaread and the words it marks follow your own level, with glosses in the language you choose.
Books with a similar level
- Treasure Island9.7 new words per 100 at B1
- Little Women10.2 at B1
- A Christmas Carol10.7 at B1
Questions
Is Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde hard to read?
At B1 it is too hard, with 10.2 new words in every 100 (about one in 10). It is just right only at C2.
What is the reading level of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?
On Solaread’s scale it is just right only at C2, and the eighth hardest of the 20 English classics we measured. At B2, 6.4 in every 100 words are new.
Where can I get Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde for free?
It is in the public domain. Project Gutenberg has a free EPUB you can import into Solaread.
Read it with help only where you need it
Import the free EPUB. Solaread marks the words you probably don’t know, at your level.