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: David Thorn

Unabridged: 2 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/20/2014

Synopsis

Robert Louis Stevenson’s brilliant and chilling story explores the complexity of human nature, the combination of good and evil in everyone. Dr. Henry Jekyll is good man, a hardworking scientist whose friends are greatly concerned about his relationship with Edward Hyde, a violent, disagreeable man who is always in trouble. When an innocent man is murdered, Mr. Hyde is the only suspect. How is Mr. Jekyll intimately involved in this death? How this mystery unravels has held fans spellbound for more than 150 years.

About Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and A Child's Garden of Verses. Battling frequent illness, he traveled frequently in search of curative climates and died at the age of 44 in Samoa. A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks as the 26th most translated author in the world.

About David Thorn

David Thorn spent his childhood in the Channel Islands off the coast of France, was schooled in England, and then immigrated to the United States at the age of twenty-three. He is retired from international commerce and currently resides in California.

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“A fable that lies nearer to poetry than to ordinary prose fiction.” Vladimir Nabokov

“The theme of human duality…is nowhere presented with more force and originality than in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” Masterpieces of World Literature

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