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The Birling family are spending a happy evening celebrating the engagement of Sheila Birling to Gerald Croft - a marriage that will result in the merging of two successful local businesses. Yet, just when everything seems to be going so well, they receive a surprise visit from an Inspector Goole who is investigating the suicide of a young girl.
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The Birling family are spending a happy evening celebrating the engagement of Sheila Birling to Gerald Croft - a marriage that will result in the merging of two successful local businesses. Yet, just when everything seems to be going so well, they receive a surprise visit from an Inspector Goole who is investigating the suicide of a young girl.
Infamously known as the cursed Scottish play, Macbeth is perhaps Shakespeare’s darkest tragedy. When General Macbeth is foretold by three witches that he will one day be King of Scotland, Lady Macbeth convinces him to get rid of anyone who could stand in his way – including committing regicide. As Macbeth ascends to the throne through bloody murder, he becomes a tyrant consumed by fear and paranoia.
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, sometimes known more simply as Jekyll and Hyde, has enthralled and horrified listeners for over a century, so much so that the novella has impacted our natural language, with the phrase Jekyll and Hyde coming to mean a person who is vastly different in moral character from one situation to the next. It is a classic to study for GCSE and is full of complexities that need to be understood.
In this study guide we narrate and analyse all 15 poems in the the AQA Power and Conflict poetry anthology to prepare those who are studying for their English Literature GCSE. Written by Rebecca Kleanthous, an English teacher and an examiner who specialises in poetry, this series will enable you to understand the themes and ideas across the poems, analyses the techniques used by the poets, including language and structure and provides suitable comparisons with other poems within the cluster.
Combined for great value! The multi award-winning SmartPass study guide with and without commentary options. This is a full-cast, unabridged performance with comprehensive commentary and analysis for any student to fully understand and appreciate the play. Peel away the layers of Priestley's complex drama to appreciate this powerful warning, wrapped up in the genre of a gripping detective story, and truly understand that "We don't live alone. We are members of one body."
This series, written by Charlotte Unsworth, a prolific blogger on English literature and English teacher at Skipton Girls High School, will examine each of the 15 poems you are required to study across AQA's Love and Relationships poetry anthology for GCSE. From Seamus Heaney's 'Follower' to Charlotte Mew's 'The Farmer's Bride', each poem will be fully examined, looking at structure, form and language so that you will gain an in-depth understanding of all the aspects that you need to study.
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Robert Louis Stevenson presents the suspenseful, eerie and captivating story of a ruthless scientist who sets out to liberate his inner demon from the firm clutches of his conscience.
Upon bearing witness to the extent of Mr Hyde's violent nature, Jekyll is horrified by his callous disregard for the welfare of others and greatly ashamed by the unstoppable nature of his ambition.
Eager to redeem himself, Jekyll sets out to capture and stop the bloodthirsty Mr Hyde by any means necessary. However, in keeping with true Gothic tradition, Dr Jekyll must now face a race against time as damning evidence is uncovered and the investigating detectives and interested parties are brought right to his door.
Hailed by the Detective Club as 'one of the most amazing crime stories ever written', Stevenson's Jekyll and Hyde was met with immediate critical approval, ensuring its success and popularity for years to come.
A highly accomplished Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer, Robert Louis Stevenson is also credited with stories of Treasure Island, A Child's Garden of Verses and Kidnapped. Arguably, however, none has contributed to English literature quite like the unique tale of Dr Jekyll and his monster, Mr Hyde.
Narrator Biography
Best known for his roles in The Hobbit, Hannibal, Captain America, Robin Hood, Spooks and North and South, Richard Armitage has established himself as one of the greatest British actors of our time.
With 11 audiobooks under his belt, including Charles Dickens' David Copperfield, David Hewson's Romeo and Juliet: A Novel and Georgette Heyer's Venetia, Richard's storytelling abilities have not gone unnoticed. In 2014, he was merited with having narrated the Audiobook of the Year, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Novel.
Providing another equally captivating performance in this new and highly anticipated adaptation of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Richard Armitage gradually builds and maintains the perfect atmosphere needed for this suspenseful classic horror story.
I teach composition for a living, but I've never had a more thorough training on understanding the depth of literature than in listening to Richard Armitage bring this story to life. I've listened to many excellent books on Audible, but none have captured me in the way this book did. Armitage is able to bring out the themes of this book through his storytelling in a way that my own so-called "deep reading" would have missed.
If anybody wants to understand what literature can be -- should be, settle down with this reading of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. You won't be disappointed.
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11 of 12 people found this review helpful
My fourteen year old son and I immensely enjoyed Richard Armitage ‘s narration of Stevenson’s story. We had just finished reading it when my husband found it on Audible being performed by him. Knowing his superb acting ability and his natural richness of voice, he was the perfect man to read this gripping story. His character voices were true and chilling. We look forward to his reading of Hamlet! Well done!
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
I like it. Richard Armitage is a very wonderful narrator and the story is interesting. I have enjoyed listening to it and would recommend it to people who love British literature. I’m definitely looking forward to listening to more books by Richard.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
I've always found The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to be too painfully short to make it an "ultra" listen (at just over 3 hours? the way it ends? I mean, seriously!). But Richard Armitage's narration of this Stevenson classic is what elevates it to quite worthwhile!
He does wheedling, confusion, fear, and greed in a most excellent manner! Skittish servants, savvy lawyers, a man who has lost his grip on being able to hop along double egos--all here.
What starts as a desire to foist his less than reputable wants onto an entirely different personality has Henry Jekyll confounded, fearful, and utterly out of control. There MUST be some way to maneuver things:
Ah, but does he even want to?
This classic, as performed by the venerable Armitage, is worth the paltry listening time it takes. It's creepy and fantastical.
Still don't know how I feel about the ending, but the narration makes it ominous in the extreme.
12 of 17 people found this review helpful
Chapter 10..Chapter 10. Chapter 10. Mesmerizing his Jekyll into Hyde. Extraordinary performance. A must listen.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
If you’ve never read Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde before, don’t expect it to be anything like the film versions. The protagonist of the novel - in the sense of the person who drives the action forward - is not Jekyll but his lawyer Gabriel Utterson. Utterson begins piecing together bits of the story, but thinks it’s a case of blackmail: he thinks Hyde is a figure from Jekyll’s wild past. Only at the end (in the next to last chapter) do we, as readers, learn that Jekyll and Hyde are the same person. What we see for most of the book is a detective story that plunges into horror at the end.
About Richard Armitage’s narration: he gets the voice of Hyde right. In the last chapter - Dr Jekyll’s Statement of the Case - he alternates brilliantly between the voices of Jekyll and Hyde as the successive transformations are described.
That’s all you need to know. Get it.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
As those who came upon Mr. Hyde were quite incapable of describing him, I, too, hardly have words to describe how wonderfully Richard Armitage has brought this tale to life!
“The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde” has long been a favorite of mine. Read first when I was barely a teenager, I was both intrigued and frightened by the idea of the good and evil within us all being divided between two selves: one possessed of good qualities, and one inherently evil. The thought of two halves of the same person, each taking their turn at the helm of one being that bent to their figure and form was fantastical, but also quite terrifying. The good side, tall, erect, and seemly (the good face of the good doctor), and the evil side, squat, soul-deformed, and bent over with the weight of sin (the evil face of the dark and formless night of which it was born). And, what if then one became stronger than the other?
The thought and questions do not end there because the tale is haunting. It is thought-provoking. The “what-if” proposed pulls us in to our own natures where good and evil war within us all the time. Each of us has had a malicious thought. Our evil side draws it out of us as if from the depths of a pit, and thrusts it into the light of our consciousness. Our good sides vanquish it…eventually. Only a minuscule few would ever act upon such thoughts. Then, the “what-if”: What if one could do such deeds as the day would quake to look upon (paraphrase from Hamlet) and then retreat blameless and undetectable under the cover of a good and trusted face? And what if that side were then able to slip the confines of that which controlled it, as it wished? Which side would our natures choose should the same happen to us? I’d like to think the good side would win…but who really knows what lurks in the darkness of even the best of us?
As always, Richard Armitage delivers a powerhouse performance! His seamless transition in speech between Jeckyll and Hyde is unnerving and effectively chilling. I loved every word of it! Bravo! I really cannot wait to listen again!
2 of 3 people found this review helpful
This is perfect for a rainy afternoon. Armitage is wonderful to listen to, the story is full (you think you know it, but you might not) and it's just the right length.
I loved the story and the performance. Made driving 160 miles three days s week easy.
If you could sum up The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in three words, what would they be?
Mystery, Intrigue, Surprise
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?
The revelation that Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde were in fact one in the same was unforgettable!
Have you listened to any of Richard Armitage’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
I have listened to the poetry that Richard Armitage read. Both are excellently done and I would recommend both. Richard Armitage could read my grocery list and make it sound good!
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Keeps you guessing until the very end!