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”The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde” (novella 61 pages long) by Robert Louis Stevenson. While RLS transformed the case into a horror story and a tale of science gone mad, he did base his character on Deacon “William” Brodie, who was a rich respected cabinet maker by day, who used his lock picking skills at night to break into people’s houses at night and stole their property not because of any need, but because it was fun. In Victorian times, stealing property and breaking into houses were offenses that could get you hung. (If you don’t believe me, ask Charles Dickens because, in “Oliver Twist”, that is the real meaning of what Fagan said when he told Sikes that Sikes will get “The Drop” if they were arrested.) Brodie never killed but he was still hung.
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