What are the good and bad points about The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and why? What are the good and bad points about this novel and why?

's novel is a
classic because it is a worthwhile exploration of the human heart.  Like
Frankenstein, it is a fascinating exploration of the propensity for and
appeal of evil in man as well as the loss of control that many scientists experience.  Clearly,
there are lessons to be learned from those that would play God. The narrative, however, is
rather disappointing in that Jekyll dies well before the ending.

Rather than
finding the sentences "ponderous," the reader can delight in a writer who has a
command of British English.  The banal vocabulary and simple sentences of current pulppale in
comparison.