Hyde, Daniel Levine
Hyde, Daniel Levine
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Hyde

Author: Daniel Levine

Narrator: John Curless

Unabridged: 16 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/18/2014


Synopsis

An authentic, gothic reimagining of Robert Louis Stevenson' s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , told from the villain' s perspective, that takes readers deep into the seedy side of Victorian London and explores the nature of personality and of the subconscious Mr. Hyde is trapped in Dr. Jekyll' s surgical cabinet, counting the days until he will face capture and be forced to make the ultimate choice about survival. Over the course of four days, he thinks back on what brought him to this moment, and he finally has the chance to tell the story of his brief but marvelous life. In liberating Mr. Hyde from the omniscient perspective of the original story, the author takes us inside the mind Hyde shares with Jekyll as he awakens after many years of dormancy, wide-eyed at being able to explore the world on his own. We feel the potions take effect. We tromp through the streets of London, drink gin in seedy pubs, we visit doll shops and menace the men who take advantage of the women there, and we attempt to rescue lost girls. We feel the strange distance of watching Jekyll' s high-class life through a membrane of consciousness. And then we feel the helplessness of someone being framed for serious crimes. The evidence all points to Hyde. Even if he didn' t intend to commit these crimes, is it possible that they have been perpetrated, without his knowledge, by his own hand?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Heidi on December 19, 2016

Hyde is the story of Jekyll and Hyde from the villain's point of view and what a story it is. The visceral and sense obsessed descriptions are just what one would expect from a character that is made almost completely of someone's baser nature, but if you have a weak stomach, you may want to steer c......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl on February 06, 2014

I picked up a copy of this book because it sounded very intriguing. I have to tell you that after reading this book that I was a little sad when I finished it. Mr. Levine has a really good talent for telling a spelling bounding story with such depth and character development. I instantly was in love......more

Goodreads review by Mark on February 13, 2014

SLJ review: * LEVINE, Daniel. Hyde. 448p. Houghton Harcourt. Mar. 2014. Tr $24. ISBN 9780544191181. Adult/High School–Though The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde has been retold and reimagined countless times, Levine separates his novel by delving deeply into the original text and drawing out a......more

Goodreads review by Stacia on October 22, 2015

Levine's version expands Stevenson's novella quite a bit. It is very well fitted to the original, imo. Hyde is a dark, destructive tale &, ultimately, a very sad one too. At the end, Levine included some notes about Stevenson's original, as well as some of his own comments, including, "My interest was......more

Goodreads review by Bam cooks the books on September 03, 2014

"No one knows what it's like to be the bad man, to be the sad man, behind blue eyes." Sympathy for the Devil. I was expecting to be entertained by Daniel Levine's debut novel Hyde, in which he retells R.L. Stevenson's classic story from Hyde's pov. What I wasn't expecting was to actually feel a bit......more