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Is 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' a detective story, a horror story or a gothic story? A typical detective story usually includes a male detective who has to solve a crime using clues and evidence he finds during the novel. The crime is nearly always solved by the end or at the very end of the novel. A horror story is written to scare and unsettle the reader. It usually has a supernatural element included in the story, and is almost always set at night time. Horror stories are usually set in far away countries like Transylvania or Romania, where vampires and demons are supposed to live. Gothic stories are also written to unsettle the reader, but the writer uses more suspense and mystery to achieve this. 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' could be seen as a detective story. There is an investigator, Mr Utterson, who uses clues to solve the mysterious doings...

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