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A new recording from master storyteller Jim Weiss brings to life Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic story of suspense, and the battle between good and evil. Can the friends of renowned London physician Dr. Henry Jekyll save him from a mysterious, deadly fate?

This dark psychological fantasy is more than a moral tale. It is also a product of its time, drawing on contemporary theories of class, evolution and criminality, and the secret lives behind Victorian propriety, to create a unique form of urban Gothic.

This is the disturbing tale of the dual personality of Dr. Jekyll, a physician. A generous and philanthropic man, he is preoccupied with the problems of good and evil and with the possibility of separating them into distinct personalities. He develops a drug that transforms him into the demonic Mr. Hyde, in whose person he exhausts all the latent evil in his nature.

As the days grow shorter and the temperature drops, Halloween approaches. Come, brave listener, pull up a chair, and spend some time with master storyteller Stephen Fry as he tells us some of his favourite ghost stories of all time, in truly terrifying spatial audio. From the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow to the tortured spirits of M.R. James, from Edgar Allan Poe’s terrifying tale of a doppelganger to Charlotte Riddell’s Open Door that should definitely stay shut, join Stephen as he tells you some truly terrifying tales.

Das Werk erzählt die Geschichte des angesehenen Arztes Dr. Jekyll, der mit dunklen Experimenten eine zweite Identität erschafft – den skrupellosen Mr. Hyde. Die Novelle ist eine faszinierende psychologische Studie über die menschliche Natur, Schuld und die Grenzen der Wissenschaft. Der seltsame Fall des Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde ist eine der bekanntesten Novellen von Robert Louis Stevenson.

Dr. Henry Jekyll, fascinated by the dichotomy of good and evil, no longer wants to inhibit his dark side. He concocts a potion to create the alter ego of Mr. Edward Hyde. With the burden of evil placed on Hyde, Jekyll can now take pleasure in his immoral, nefarious fantasies - free of conscience and guilt. It's when Hyde turns to murder that Jekyll realizes how monstrous his impulses are and how hard they are to suppress.

The Ultimate Horror Collection is a fully-indexed collection of over 60 classic horror stories, read by four Audie-winning narrators. Included here are stories by H.P. Lovecraft; Edgar Allan Poe; M.R. James; Oscar Wilde; Joseph Le Fanu; Bram Stoker; Mary Shelley; Robert Louis Stevenson; and Henry James.

Within each man, there lies the capacity for infinite good...and infinite evil. Dr. Henry Jekyll: Good-natured, friendly and sociable. Mr. Edward Hyde: Misanthropic, violent and uncontrollable. Prosecutor Gabriel John Utterson, a friend of Jekyll’s, is about to be plunged into the worlds of both men - and will discover the terrifying secret that binds them. From the rain-slicked streets of London to the innermost depths of the human psyche, the Colonial Radio Theatre brings Robert Louis Stevenson’s masterpiece to life.

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. These facts few psychologists will dispute, and their admitted truth must establish for all time the genuineness and dignity of the weirdly horrible tale as a literary form... As may naturally be expected of a form so closely connected with primal emotion, the horror-tale is as old as human thought and speech themselves.

Robert Louis Stevenson’s A Pavilion on the Links is a masterwork of gothic adventure and romantic suspense—often hailed as one of the earliest modern thrillers. First published in 1880, this gripping tale follows a solitary wanderer who discovers two mysterious occupants hiding from assassins in a desolate seaside house. As the storm rages outside, secrets unfold within, revealing a past that refuses to stay buried.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the evil Edward Hyde. The novella's impact is such that it has become a part of the language, with the very phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" coming to mean a person who is vastly different in moral character from one situation to the next.

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.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a chilling novella written by Robert Louis Stevenson and published in 1886. The subject matter may be partly that of a shilling shocker but the whole is executed with great panache and a fine Gothic sensibility. Lawyer Gabriel Utterson leads us apace through the rain-swept streets of Victorian London in pursuit of the diminutive but thoroughly monstrous Mr. Hyde.

Der angesehene Dr. Jekyll verbirgt ein düsteres Geheimnis: Durch ein selbst entwickeltes Elixier verwandelt er sich in den skrupellosen Mr. Hyde – ein Wesen ohne Reue, ohne Gewissen, aber mit unstillbarem Hunger nach Macht und Gewalt. Zwei Seelen – ein Körper. In Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde entführt uns Robert Louis Stevenson in die dunklen Gassen des viktorianischen Londons, wo Wissenschaft, Moral und Wahnsinn unheilvoll aufeinandertreffen.

Dr Jekyll creates a potion whereby he can divide the good and evil parts of his personality and thus free the good side to work for the benefit of mankind without the distraction of his baser instincts. Unfortunately, he undertakes the experiment while the depraved side of his nature is in the ascendancy and turns into the repulsive Mr Hyde, whose very presence ‘emanates with foulness and decay’, and who bears the ‘signature of Satan’ on his face.

O bem e o mal. O puro e o violento. As diferentes possibilidades da personalidade humana são exploradas neste clássico de Robert Louis Stevenson, onde uma investigação sobre um homem perturbador chamado Edward Hyde leva ao prestigiado doutor Henry Jekyll. Como alguém tão admirado se...

There is a man that haunts the streets by night. His visage provokes involuntary torrents of hatred. His voice is huskily whispered, and his deformity lies within.... This audiobook collection contains some of the finest short fiction from the great Robert Louis Stevenson: "The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde", "The Bottle Imp", "Markheim", "Olalla", and "The Body Snatcher". These files have been remastered, making this a perfect choice for the classic horror fan.

Step into the shadowy streets of Victorian London with Robert Louis Stevenson's timeless tale of duality and moral conflict. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde explores the chilling transformation of Dr. Henry Jekyll, a respected scientist, into the monstrous Edward Hyde—a being of pure evil.

O respeitado médico escocês, dr. Jekyll, faz pesquisas para entender os impulsos e os sentimentos humanos mais profundos, e acaba por criar uma droga que libera seus aspectos mais primitivos, o animal adormecido sob a capa do homem civilizado: no seu caso, ele assume a forma de mr. Hyde. Se Jekyll é um médico educado e dedicado a pesquisas que visam o bem-estar geral através do conhecimento, a monstruosidade de Hyde está, essencialmente, em sua entrega aos prazeres e à luxúria como um fim em si, por quaisquer meios, incluindo a força física.

Robert Louis Stevenson was best known for novels like Treasure Island and Kidnapped, but he also wrote a number of fascinating short stories, many dealing with the supernatural.