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Charles E. Derbyshire (January 17, 1880 – April 10, 1933) was an American educator and translator active in the Philippines in the early 20th century. Derbyshire is best known for his English translations of Filipino nationalist José Rizal's novels Noli Me Tángere (1887) and El Filibusterismo (1891), titled The Social Cancer and The Reign of Greed, respectively.
El Filibusterismo (transl. The filibusterism ; The Subversive or The Subversion , as in the Locsín English translation, are also possible translations), also known by its alternative English title The Reign of Greed , [ 1 ] is the second novel written by Philippine national hero José Rizal .
He mixes them with water and drinks the resulting potion in front of Lanyon, after which he transforms into Jekyll. The final act begins four months later. Lanyon has died of shock and Jekyll is refusing to see Utterson or Alice. Alice is still angry that Jekyll is believed to have helped Hyde. Poole visits to say he fears Jekyll has been murdered.
The novel has only one chapter. It runs only ten pages and is hand-written in the old orthographic ancillary glyphs. [1] Although written in a different language, its style, characterization, and setting mirror those of Rizal's two previous works, Noli Me Tángere and El filibusterismo, which he wrote in Spanish. The chapter ends with a short ...
The story was adapted from a novella by Robert Louis Stevenson.. In the first act, a group of friends (including Sir Danvers Carew's daughter Agnes, attorney Gabriel Utterson, and Dr. and Mrs. Lanyon) has met up at Sir Danvers' home. Dr. Lanyon brings word that Agnes' fiancé, Dr. Henry Jekyll, will be late to the gathering.
The fourth act begins four months later. Lanyon has died of shock, and Jekyll refuses to see Utterson or Sybil. Sybil is still angry that Jekyll is believed to have helped Hyde; Lilian, who always disliked Jekyll, supports Sybil's anger. One of Jekyll's servants, Poole, visits to say he fears Jekyll has been murdered.
Hyde flees to the laboratory, but cannot enter as Jekyll destroyed the key; instead, Hyde visits Dr. John Lanyon, a friend of Jekyll. Lanyon provides him the medication that works as the antidote, and Hyde reverts to Jekyll. Jekyll confesses to a horrified Lanyon everything that transpired, and proceeds to visit Beatrix to end their engagement.
Carew was a client of Gabriel Utterson, Jekyll's lawyer and friend, who is concerned by Hyde's history of violence and the fact that Jekyll changed his will, leaving everything to Hyde. Dr. Hastie Lanyon, a mutual acquaintance of Jekyll and Utterson, dies of shock after receiving information relating to Jekyll. Before his death, Lanyon gives ...