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Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde


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Extract: 1) STORY OF THE DOOR MR. UTTERSON the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance, that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary, and yet somehow lovable. At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life. He was austere with himself; drank gin when he was alone, to mortify a taste for vintages; and though he enjoyed the theatre, had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years. But he had an approved tolerance for others; sometimes wondering, almost with envy, at the high pressure of spirits involved in their misdeeds; and in any extremity inclined to help rather than to reprove. 2) "I incline to Cain's heresy," he used to say quaintly: "I let my brother go to the devil in his own way." In this character, it was frequently his fortune to be the last reputable acquaintance and the last good influence in the lives of down-going men. And to such as these, so long as they came about his chambers, he never marked a shade of change in his demeanour. Robert Louis Stevenson, né le 13 novembre 1850 à Édimbourg et mort le 3 décembre 1894 à Vailima (Samoa), est un écrivain écossais et un grand voyageur, célèbre pour son roman L'Île au trésor (1883), pour sa nouvelle L'Étrange Cas du docteur Jekyll et de M. Hyde (1886) et pour son récit Voyage avec un âne dans les Cévennes (1879). Stevenson est parfois considéré comme un auteur de romans d'aventure ou de récits fantastiques pour adolescents, mais son oeuvre a une tout autre dimension: il a d'ailleurs été salué avec enthousiasme par les plus grands de ses contemporains et de ses successeurs. Ses nouvelles et romans manifestent en effet une profonde intelligence de la narration, de ses moyens et de ses effets. Il exploite tous les ressorts du récit comme la multiplication des narrateurs et des points de vue, et pratique en même temps une écriture très visuelle, propice aux scènes particulièrement frappantes. Mariage En 1879, malgré l'opposition de sa famille, il part rejoindre Fanny Osbourne en Californie. Partant de Glasgow le 7 août, il atteint New York le 18 et retrouve Fanny à Monterey, après un voyage en chemin de fer. En mars 1880, il manque de mourir d'une pneumonie et ne doit son salut qu'à l'attention de Fanny, qui se dévoue six semaines à son chevet. À peine rétabli, il l'épouse le 19 mai à San Francisco et ils partent en lune de miel, accompagnés du fils de Fanny, Lloyd. Cette lune de miel, qu'ils passent à Calistoga en Californie dans une mine d'argent désaffectée, est relatée dans Les Squatters de Silverado et publiée en 1883. Entre 1880 et 1887, Stevenson voyagea beaucoup en Écosse, en Angleterre, séjourna à Davos, cherchant un climat bénéfique à sa santé et où il bénéficie des soins du docteur Karl Rüedi. Il passa deux ans en 1883 et 1884 à Hyères dans un chalet appelé Solitude. Il écrivit alors: Ce coin, notre jardin et notre vue sont subcélestes. Je chante tous les jours avec Bunian le grand barde. Je réside près du Paradis. Plus tard, il écrivit Heureux, je le fus une fois et ce fut à Hyères En 1887, après le décès de son père, il partit aux États-Unis, où il fut accueilli par la presse new-yorkaise comme une vedette, à la suite du succès de L'Étrange Cas du docteur Jekyll et de M. Hyde (1886). Il passa l'hiver dans les monts Adirondacks pour soigner sa tuberculose, et décida au printemps d'effectuer une croisière en Océanie où il visita les îles Marquises, les îles Gilbert et les Samoas.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781539781202
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 110
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 209 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1539781208
  • Publisher Date: 27 Oct 2016
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 6 mm
  • Width: 152 mm

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