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The cover art on classics is so weird. Who is that cigar-puffing man supposed to be? Jekyll? Hyde? Henry Poole? Lancaster?
As I was listening to this audiobook, I found myself trying to remember a time when I didn't know the story of Jeckyll and Hyde. I remember encountering in the musical in high school but feel as if I already knew the story before that. At any rate, despite a sort of cultural familiarity with this story, I was pleasantly surprised that there were aspects about it I didn't know ...more
As I was listening to this audiobook, I found myself trying to remember a time when I didn't know the story of Jeckyll and Hyde. I remember encountering in the musical in high school but feel as if I already knew the story before that. At any rate, despite a sort of cultural familiarity with this story, I was pleasantly surprised that there were aspects about it I didn't know ...more
Very entertaining - I wish I could have read it without knowing the spoilers, since it's basically presented as a creepy mystery story, with us only getting Dr. Jekyll's point of view at the end.
In reading this, I unlearned a lot of things I thought I knew. I discovered:
- Jekyll rhymes with treacle. This is the normal Scottish pronunciation, and probably ties into the punnish names (Hyde-hide; Jekyll-seek all).
- Dr. Jekyll isn't the good and pure half of the duo. He's just the normal guy, with b ...more
In reading this, I unlearned a lot of things I thought I knew. I discovered:
- Jekyll rhymes with treacle. This is the normal Scottish pronunciation, and probably ties into the punnish names (Hyde-hide; Jekyll-seek all).
- Dr. Jekyll isn't the good and pure half of the duo. He's just the normal guy, with b ...more
As with many of the classics that have become a part of mainstream culture, this was good but not quite what I was expecting.
A classic allegory of drug addiction, when the addict thinks of himself as helpless to stop.
I generally struggle with Victorian literature, I find the style very off-putting and it's difficult for me to become engaged in the story. This was no exception. At least it was short! A star for such an original story idea, and a star for shortness. Two stars!
This would have been gripping if the first part - the observations of Mr Hyde by others - served as only a short framing device, and the seco ...more
I generally struggle with Victorian literature, I find the style very off-putting and it's difficult for me to become engaged in the story. This was no exception. At least it was short! A star for such an original story idea, and a star for shortness. Two stars!
This would have been gripping if the first part - the observations of Mr Hyde by others - served as only a short framing device, and the seco ...more
Re-read this for The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter.
Now, everyone knows this story. A doctor experiments with himself and enjoys the bad inclination hiding in the good inclination from the consequences, but this won't do - he finds himself trapped in the bad inclination and forced to take the consequences.
It is rather good. ...more
Now, everyone knows this story. A doctor experiments with himself and enjoys the bad inclination hiding in the good inclination from the consequences, but this won't do - he finds himself trapped in the bad inclination and forced to take the consequences.
It is rather good. ...more
When I picked this book up off the shelf at the library, I was amazed at how short it was. I don't know why but I had assumed for years that it was some unwieldy thousand page tome. I read it in just a few hours and enjoyed it immensely.
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