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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde & The Yellow Wallpaper with Commentary by Alison Larkin
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins, Alison Larkin
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde & The Yellow Wallpaper with Commentary by Alison Larkin
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Summary
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde grew out of a horrifying nightmare Robert Louis Stevenson had one night in Bournemouth, England, in 1886. "The Yellow Wallpaper" sprang from a catastrophic nervous breakdown Charlotte Perkins Gilman had six years later on the other side of the Atlantic following the birth of her daughter.
Now these two haunting, iconic tales are brought together for the first time in this powerful classic audio exploration of madness and the duality of the human soul. Read by A-list narrators Derek Perkins and Alison Larkin, this rich audio experience also includes commentary by Alison Larkin and "Why I Wrote the Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Derek Perkins is the Audie and AudioFile Earphones award winning narrator of more than 200 titles, including A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and AudioFile Magazine's Best Voice of the Year. Alison Larkin is a best-selling author of The English American and the AudioFile Earphones award-winning narrator of more than 200 titles, including The Complete Novels of Jane Austen. Title music by Gary Schriener and Curt Sobel.
Critic reviews
"A relatively quick listen, this audiobook takes the listener into the tortured minds of two famous literary narrators. Derek Perkins narrates Stevenson's famous novella. He renders the excitement of the mystery of Mr. Hyde and gives voice to a range of characters from the servant Poole to the lawyer Utterson. He particularly captures Dr. Jekyll's desperation once the story moves into his voice. Alison Larkin's reading of "The Yellow Wallpaper" is haunting. Through careful intonation, Larkin helps the listener to grasp the main character's growing mental instability despite her certainty of her perceptions. Larkin finishes the audiobook with a letter from the author explaining why she wrote the story. Both Larkin and Perkins are outstanding narrators for these pieces." (Audiofile Magazine)