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Title details for The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson - Available

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson
Scott Brick
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When a brute of a man tramples an innocent girl, apparently out of spite, two bystanders catch the fellow and force him to pay reparations to the girl's family. The brute's name is Edward Hyde. A respected lawyer, Utterson, hears this story and begins to unravel the seemingly manic behavior of his best friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and his connection with Hyde. Several months earlier, Utterson had drawn up an inexplicable will for the doctor naming Hyde as his heir in the event that he disappears. Fearing his friend has been blackmailed into this arrangement, Utterson probes deeper into both Jekyll and his unlikely protégé. He is increasingly unnerved at each new revelation.


In a forerunner of psychological dramas to come, Robert Louis Stevenson uses Hyde to show that we are both repulsed and attracted to the darker side of life, particularly when we can experience it in anonymity.

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  • Release date

    August 11, 2008

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781400128594
      • File size: 89668 KB
      • Duration: 03:06:48

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Text Difficulty: 6-12

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Stevenson's most often dramatized and distorted novella gets its umpteenth audiobook reading from the talented Scott Brick. Although his British accent is a wee bit shaky, he doesn't disappoint. He narrates in his wonted American voice with particular attention to atmosphere and delivers his British characters with personality and a reserve that lends appropriate gravity to the tale and plays effectively against its melodrama. Y.R. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from May 3, 2010
      Martin Jarvis delivers a gripping reading of Stevenson’s classic. When Gabriel Utteron discovers that the sinister Mr. Hyde has moved into the home of his friend Dr. Jekyll and stands to benefit from his will, he becomes concerned and enlists the help of their mutual friend, Dr. Hastie Lanyon. Things go from bad to worse: Jekyll withdraws further from his social circle; Hyde’s criminal sprees culminate in murder; and Utteron and Lanyon fight to save their friend and unravel the mystery of Hyde’s origins and disappearance. Jarvis’s pacing is excellent, his characterization spot on, and his renditions of Jekyll and Hyde perfect; he creates two distinct characters that illustrate the story’s exploration into the duality of human nature.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Remember radio theatre? monterey soundWorks brings this timeless classic to life with sound effects and a dramatic performance. The story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde should be well known to listeners, but here is the tale revitalized by actors who seem to be the characters Stevenson created. Journey into a world of lawyers and doctors, loyal servants and the tormented soul of a man split into good and evil. Sounds of Victorian England enliven the action and make the present-day world vanish. So close your eyes, unless you are driving, and disappear into the tangled web of Jekyll and Hyde. M.B.K. (c) AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Text Difficulty:6-12

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