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PUBLISHING HOUSE: Longman Classics.

GRADE: 3.

NOVELIST: Robert Louis Stevenson.

CHARACTERS: Henry Jekyll,chemical scientist; Edward Hyde,the Jekyll's evil alter ego ; John Utterson, a lawyer and one of Jekyll's best friends;Richard Enfield,one of Jekyll's best friends and an Utterson friend;Hastie Lanyon,a doctor and Jekyll and Utterson's friend;Poole, Henry Jekyll's head-servant; Sir Danvers Carew, a member of the Parliament,killed by Mr Hyde;Guest, Utterson's secretary and graphologist.

SETTING:In England,precisely in London,in the second half of XIX century.

TOPIC: Henry Jekyll is a brilliant doctor that during his studies can develope,mixing particular powders, a potion that can separate the two natures of the human soul,the good and the bad. So his personality is divided into two mirror halves,that drinking alternately this kind of potion, they can take possession of his body. Jekyll's evil part name is Mr Hyde, a nasty creature, evil but nimble and phisically strong, that likes doing wicked actions, until killing a person( Sir danvers Carew). Dr Jekyll,becoming much more mild,once reprocessed can not escapeHyde's desire to live and it's obliged,to avoid being captured, to order his servant Poole to obey Hyde as himself. Unfortunately the evil form gets the upper hand and in the end Dr Jekyll dies, being trapped inside Hyde without being able to exit,while he commits suicide by poison to escape from the police.

THEME:In this book the main theme is the duality of the human nature,that is divided in an "angel" form and in an "evil" form.

MESSAGE:This Stevenson's text want to make us understand that everybody have a part of the soul that is divided,exactly hidden, from how we look to other in the all day life. It can be defined as an alter ego which we would sometimes look like.

NEW VERBS:to blame:dare la colpa a; to treat: trattare; to earn: guadagnare; to step on: pestare; to gather: radunarsi; to refuse: rifiutare; to quarrell: litigare; to deal with:occuparsi di; to step: fare un passo avanti; to displease: non piacere a; to behave: comportarsi; to strare: fissare; to unlock: aprire; to trust: fidarsi di; to bow: inchinarsi; to beat: buttare; to struck: colpire; to lead: dirigersi; to hide: nascondere; to swear: giurare; to hold: trattenere; to lighten: illuminare; to grow: crescere,diventare; to dare: osare; to bear: sopportare; to whisper: sussurrare; to tear: strappare; to bend: piegare,to warn: avvertire; to amuse: divertire; to laugh: ridere; to hung: scendere; to fasten: chiudere.

NEW WORDS: although:benchè; narrow: stretto, pleasant:piacevole; courtyard: cortile; walkingstick: bastone da passeggio; calmly: con calma; shout: grido; harmed:ferito; trouble: problemi; cheque: assegno;scornfully: sdegnosamente; frightened: impaurito; nasty: cattivo; fellow: tipo; shut: chiuso, envelope: busta; will: testamento; duty: il dovere; indeed: infatti; madness; pazzia; butler: maggiordomo; glad: contento di; cheerful: allegro; towards: verso; breath: respiro, politeness: maleducazione; sort: tipo; wrongdoing: malefatta; freedom: libertà; truly: veramente; fond: affezionato; sharply: bruscamente; whatever: qualunque; fearful: pauroso; below: sotto, madly: follemente, murdere: assassino; wounded: ferito; carriage: carrozza; hurriedly: in fretta; joy:gioia; drawers: cassetti; nor: né; widely:largamente; purpose: scopo; tried: processato; whether: se; handwriting: calligrafia; entirely: del tutto; solemnly:solennemente; wise: saggio; slope: pendenza; illness: malattia; loss: perdita; fit: adatto; stuff: roba; iron bar: barra di ferro, cupboards: armadi; deal: quantità; powder: polvere; afterwards: in seguito; hatred: odio; fierce: feroce; tears: lacrime; sleeplessness: insonnia; supplier: fornitore; plenty: abbondanza.

NEW IDIOMS:to pull out: tirare fuori; to throw about:spargere; to turn out: scoprire; in need of repair: che necessita di riparazione; on my way home: sulla strada per casa mia; make my blood run cold: far diventare il sangue freddo; hate-filled: pieno di rabbia; to move a step away: fare un passo indietro; to be willing to: essere disposto a; to turn over: girare; well cared for: ben conservato/curato; to get rid: sbarazzarsi di; in answer: nel ripondere; healty-looking: in forma; in writing: nell'abitudine di scrivere; to get moving: muoversi; to take off: tirare via; to knock in: abbattere; to make not sense: non aver senso; for God's sake: per amor di Dio; strongly-built: di corporatura robusta; to feel sick: avere la nausea; to pick up: raccogliere; out of sight: fuori dal campo visivo; to brush off: ignorare; to stretch out: allungarsi,stiracchiarsi; to keep down: contenere/ limitare.