Lo strano caso del dottor Jekyll e del signor Hyde-The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

Il romanzo si svolge nella Londra vittoriana di fine Ottocento e segue le indagini dell’avvocato Utterson, da sempre buon amico del dottor Henry Jekyll, preoccupato perché questi ha fatto testamento a favore di un certo signor Hyde. Il romanzo ci porta a poco a poco a scoprire che cosa sia effettivamente successo: il dottor Jekyll, da sempre affascinato dalla convivenza forzata tra il bene e il male nello stesso individuo, trova il modo di riuscire a scindere le due personalità mettendo a punto un siero, naturalmente somministrandolo a se stesso, quindi concretizzando la sua metamorfosi nel sadico Hyde, per poi ritornare nelle sue vere sembianze con altrettanto antidoto… . Stevenson’s fascinating novel, published in 1886, deals with the famous topic of the “double”,reflecting the strict link between the good and the evil, the civilization and the savagery, the light and the darkness as a symbol of the anxieties of his time. On his weekly walk, Mr. Utterson, a London lawyer, hears about an horrible assault on a young girl from a mysterious man, Mr. Hyde. After some time, one of his clients and friend, Mr. Jekyll, a respectable doctor who is working on a strange potion, decides to write his will asking to transfer all his properties to Mr. Hyde. The name suddenly reminds Mr. Utterson to the unpleasant event he had heard of. At this point, he starts to be concerned and becomes more suspicious, thus deciding to investigate about the obscure Mr. Hyde and his mysterious relation with Dr. Jekyll. Mr. Utterson becomes worried that Mr. Hyde is threatening his friend after discovering that he has access to Dr. Jekyll’s house and lab, where the doctor leads his personal researches. The relation between the Jekyll and Hyde seems to be weirder and weirder, inexplicable, and strictly connected to other crimes.

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