Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde ...

Le légendaire «roman noir» «L'Étrange Cas du Dr Jekyll et M. Hyde»

The pearl of the creative legacy of Robert Louis Stevenson - the legendary "black novel" "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde '...The story "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde» («Strange Case of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde») was written in September - October 1885 Originally the author had intended to publish it in parts in the English magazine "Longmanz Magazine," but the publisher Longman persuaded him to release "Strange history" at once in book form.

This intriguing combination of fantasy thriller and moral allegory depicts the gripping struggle of two opposing personalities one essentially good, the other evil for the soul of one man. Its tingling suspense and intelligent and sensitive portrayal of man's dual nature reveal Stevenson as a novelist of great skill and originality, whose power to terrify and move us remains, over a century later, undiminished.

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