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Jekyll & Hyde
化身博士
One man, two natures, no escape
Robert Louis Stevenson · 1886 · horror, gothic, mystery
A respected London doctor brews a potion to separate the good and evil within himself, unleashing a monstrous alter ego who walks the night. As the darker self grows stronger, the line between the two men blurs toward catastrophe.
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The opening · where the story begins — the A1 version:
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every chapter is illustrated
Midway through · the plot thickens — the A1 version:
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Near the end · no spoilers — just the language — the A1 version:
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Which level should you read?
Every version tells the full story — A1 uses only the ~1,500 most common words, C1 reads close to the original. Pick the level where you know almost every word: reading should feel like reading, not deciphering.
关于这本书 · About this book
这本书是根据苏格兰作家罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的小说《化身博士》改写的简单中文版。 Insperium Chinese 分级读物有两个目标。第一个，也是最重要的，是学习中文——用适合你水平的语言，让你的阅读一步一步进步，不让你太累。第二个目标是慢慢带你认识中国和世界的经典名著，这样你从 A1 一步一步学到 C1 的时候，也认识了每个有文化的读者都知道的重要故事。 这些书的每一个设计，都是为了让这段旅程尽可能轻松、有趣——读书就应该是读书的感觉，而不是「学习」的感觉。所以每一章都有精美的插画；所以每本书都有两个部分：Part A 在每个汉字上面都标了拼音，在你还在学习的时候陪着你；Part B 只有汉字，等你准备好了，再读一遍。 怎么使用这本书： 这本书有两个版本的故事。第一个版本（Part A）在每个汉字上面都有拼音，帮助你读出每个字。第二个版本（Part B）没有拼音——当你准备好了，可以试试不看拼音阅读。 故事被分成了八个部分，每个部分都有一张插画。在阅读之前，先看看「人物关系」和「重要词汇」这两页，它们会帮助你更好地理解故事。 读完故事以后，你可以做后面的阅读理解题来检查你的理解。最后面还有完整的英文翻译。
This book is a simplified Chinese version of the novel Jekyll & Hyde by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. Insperium Chinese graded readers have two goals. The first and most important is language comprehension — Chinese at the right level to grow your reading step by step, without exhausting you. The second is a gradual introduction to the great classics of China and the wider world, so that as you climb from A1 to C1 you also meet the stories every educated reader knows. Everything about these books is built to make that journey as pleasant and entertaining as possible — reading should feel like reading, never like studying. That is why every chapter is fully illustrated, and why each book has two sides: Part A tells the story with pinyin above every character to carry you while you are still learning, and Part B tells it again in characters only, ready for the moment you are. How to use this book: This book contains two versions of the story. The first version (Part A) has pinyin above every character to help you read aloud. The second version (Part B) has no pinyin — try reading without it when you feel ready. The story is divided into eight parts, each with an illustration. Before you start reading, check the "Character Map" and "Key Vocabulary" pages — they will help you understand the story better. After reading, try the comprehension questions at the back to check your understanding. A full English translation is also included at the end.
Key characters
Jiéjī'ěr
杰基尔
Dr. Jekyll
Main characterA respected, kind London doctor who secretly believes every person hides both a good and an evil self, and brews a potion to split the two apart, with catastrophic results.
Hǎidé
海德
Mr. Hyde
Main characterThe monstrous alter ego unleashed by Jekyll's potion, free to commit violence and cruelty without consequence, until he grows too strong to control.
Ètèsēn
厄特森
Mr. Utterson
Main characterJekyll's loyal, quiet lawyer, whose concern over a strange will drags him into investigating the sinister stranger his old friend refuses to explain.
Lánní'ēn
兰尼恩
Dr. Lanyon
SupportingJekyll's old medical school friend and a strict traditionalist who scorns his colleague's strange new ideas, until a shocking late-night visit shows him a truth that shatters him.
Bō'ěr
波尔
Poole
SupportingJekyll's devoted, long-serving butler, who senses something is terribly wrong behind the locked laboratory door long before anyone else dares believe it.
Key vocabulary
This is what stands between you and reading this book comfortably. You won’t drill all of it — mark the words you already know and they leave the queue for good, so every minute of study goes to the words that actually block your reading.
| 中文 | Pinyin | English | HSK | Your list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 拐杖 | guǎizhàng | cane | 6 | |
| 真相 | zhēnxiàng | fact; truth | 6 | |
| 心疼 | xīnténg | Distressed | 6 | |
| 跪 | guì | kneel | 6 | |
| 恶心 | ěxin | disgusting | 6 | |
| 实验 | shíyàn | Experiment | 5 | |
| 个人 | gèrén | personal | 5 | |
| 可怕 | kěpà | dreadful | 5 | |
| 秘密 | mìmì | Secret | 5 | |
| 锁 | suǒ | lock | 5 |
Try the course — this is the actual drill
The course has one goal: get you reading this book at this level as fast as possible. Every word is learned in real context — sentences straight from the story, not word lists — and a proven spaced-repetition system brings each one back right before you’d forget it. Your time goes only to the words you don’t know yet. Here are the book’s first five — flip, grade yourself, and feel how it works.
New items
Session stats
5 cards remaining
← Forgot | Space flip | → Remember
Lesson progress
LEARNED 0/5
Details
Word药
yào
medicine
appears 30× · first ~16% into the story
Round 1 of 4
Word examples
药水很苦
yào shuǐ hěn kǔ
The potion tasted very bitter.
她要去拿药
tā yào qù ná yào
She was going to get some medicine.
他又喝了药水
tā yòu hē le yào shuǐ
He drank the potion again.
Flip through the book
This is a real sample of the book edition — cover, characters, key vocabulary and the opening pages with pinyin. Turn the pages and see exactly what you’re getting.
Interactive edition — available now
The Insperium edition is the one that teaches you: pinyin and karaoke audio, every word tappable, the full vocabulary course, and all six levels in one purchase.
Get the interactive editionWhat’s inside the book edition
- Part A — the full story with pinyin above every character
- Part B — the same story in characters only, for when you’re ready
- Original illustrations in every chapter
- Key vocabulary up front + the complete word list at the back
- Sentence patterns & grammar notes with try-it-yourself lines
- Comprehension questions to check your understanding
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Read it freely
Every level comes with pinyin and karaoke audio that highlights as you read — so you can follow along even when the grammar is new.
Master the level, not just the book
The book’s vocabulary is a full spaced-repetition course. It drills only the words you don’t know yet, in sentences from the story, and reviews each one right before you’d forget — the fastest route to reading this level comfortably, here and in every book after it.
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