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Título: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 

Autor: Robert Louis Stevenson

Editorial: Express Publishing

Obra adaptada: Sí

Nivel: Intermedio

Reseña:

This is a classic horror story that was taken to the cinema and was really successful. The major theme of the novel is the dual nature of the human psyche; everyone has a good and an evil side and Dr. Jekyll experimented on it, but the experiments got out of control.

He was a successful doctor and smart young man who worked in a lab and used to think that everyone is two people: the one who does what he thinks he should do, and the one who dreams of doing what he thinks he can´t. He proved it in himself drinking a blue liquid that changed his character and his look. When Mr Hyde emerged at will, he turned into a wild-looking man with hairy hands and face. At first this was funny because nobody knew who he was. But suddenly, Mr Hyde started to do terrible things, he even killed a man.

His friend and lawyer, Mr Utterson began to suspect of Dr Jekyll; some clues pointed to the fact that there was a relationship between Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, but nobody could imagine that they were the same person. Finally, one day Jekyll ran out of his medicine and Hyde emerged for ever. He knew that he couldn´t change back and he didn´t want to live as Hyde, so he killed himself. The man who the police found was Hyde, but Dr Jekyll had left a letter to his friend Utterson explaining all the story and leaving all his money to him in his will.

From my point of view, the book is quite entertaining and worth-reading although it is predictable from the beginning. I´d recommend it for those who enjoy fiction with a mystery.

Valoración: 4/5

Salomé Menéndez Rego  2ºNI