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Richard Enfield: character portrait from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)

A character in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Richard Enfield

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson1886

A distant relative of Utterson and a social acquaintance who provides the initial catalyst for the mystery by recounting an encounter with Hyde.

Also known as: Mr. Enfield, the gentleman

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Meet Richard Enfield

Richard Enfield is a gentleman of easy manners and social grace, as well as a distant relative and social acquaintance of the lawyer Gabriel Utterson. At the story’s outset, his account of an unsettling encounter with Edward Hyde sets Utterson’s investigation in motion.

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