What is the setting in the Robert Louis Stevenson novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

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dramaticof good and evil, is set in Victorian London with itsDr. Henry
Jekyll seeming to embody the conflicting drives of that burgeoning society.

The swift economic growth of the early stages of the industrial revolution in England
produced vast disparities in wealth and social class. Standards of behavior for both the upper
classes and those striving to enter them had become increasingly exacting. Religion, morality,
the work ethic, and sexual restraint were dominant forces in both private and public
life.

The public manifestations of Victorianism, which sought to end
inhumane practices and physical cruelty, such as the abolition of the slave trade, the end of
child labor, the reform of the treatment of prisoners, and the elimination of sadistic sports
such as cock-fighting and bull-baiting were undoubtedly positive achievements. However, the
sexual repression and newly restrictive codes of behavior that...