The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr..., Robert Louis Stevenson
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr..., Robert Louis Stevenson
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

Narrator: Qarie Marshall

Unabridged: 2 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/15/2015

Categories: Fiction, Classic


Synopsis

Dealing with split personalities, Dr. Jekyll battles with himself to overcome the evil Mr. Hyde. An old friend of Dr. Jekyll's, a lawyer Gabriel John Utterson, investigates odd occurrences that are linked to Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll is determined to stop becoming Mr. Hyde and uses a potion to stop the transition. This works for a time but the need for the potion increases because he can't stave off the beast.

About Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson, a Scottish essayist, poet, and author of fiction and travel books, was born in 1850 in Edinburgh. As a child, he suffered from tuberculosis and spent much of his time in bed composing stories before he could even read. His father was a prosperous joint-engineer to the Board of Northern Lighthouses. Stevenson studied engineering at Edinburgh University but, due to his ill health, had to abandon his plans to follow in his father's footsteps. He changed to law and passed the Scottish bar in 1875. Stevenson then took some time to travel to warmer countries in an attempt to improve his health. These experiences provided much material for his works.

Instead of practicing law, Stevenson devoted himself to writing travel sketches, essays, and short stories for magazines. While on a trip to France, he met Fanny Osbourne, whom he married in California in 1880. They later returned to Scotland but moved often, in search of better climates.

Stevenson is especially known for his adventure novels. His first success was the romantic adventure story Treasure Island. His other prominent works include Kidnapped, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and The Black Arrow. Characteristic of Stevenson's novels is a skillful use of horror and supernatural elements. His stories are often set in colorful locations, where his characters can forget the restrictions of Victorian social manners. Arguing against realism, Stevenson underlined the "nameless longings of the reader," or the desire for experience.

In 1885 Stevenson published A Child's Garden of Verses, which was dedicated to his childhood nurse and has since been made into popular songs. His last work, Weir of Hermiston, was left unfinished, but it is considered his masterpiece. From the late 1880s until his death, Stevenson lived with his family in Samoa. He enjoyed a period of comparative good health but died of a brain hemorrhage in 1894.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mark on May 29, 2023

Dr Jekyll – now there’s a scientist! So, this is what Gothic Horror is all about. If this is an example of this genre, bring it on, give me more – I loved it, I couldn’t put the thing down. There’s little point outlining the story in any great deal to you learned lot. This is a clever examination of......more

Goodreads review by Dave on April 22, 2022

'O God!’ I screamed, and ‘O God!’ again and again; for there before my eyes–pale and shaken, and half fainting, and groping before him with his hands, like a man restored from death – there stood Henry Jekyll!' Initial Thoughts I needed to read a story written prior to 1900 for an ongoing rea......more

Goodreads review by 🫶🏻 on October 06, 2021

i too would beat people to death with a walking stick on sight if i was sexually repressed.......more

Goodreads review by Paul on October 20, 2024

The strangest and most compelling thing about the Jekyll-and-Hyde story, for me, is how true-to-life it all feels. From the moment one first takes up a copy of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) and begins reading, it is as if one is reading a moral autobiography. There is, after all, good and bad withi......more

Goodreads review by Anne on May 12, 2020

It had me at "'If he be Mr. Hyde,' he had thought, 'I shall be Mr. Seek.'” ngl......more