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Diving into a classic re-read

I finished off #DeweysReadathon by listening to the audiobook of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, an excellent pre-Hallowe'en read that is atmospheric and suspenseful.

I managed only 5.5 hours this time around, but I'm still glad I participated. I've been doing this readathon for over 10 years now and always look forward to it. Many thanks to the organizers of this terrific event! @DeweysReadathon

#scarathlon #teamstoker

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Hyde

It‘s funny because I was just looking up poems by this author last week.

Treasure Island
A Child‘s Garden of Verses
The Black Arrow

This was my first time watching any real version of Jekyll and Hyde, I did not know that Jekyll was such an a$$. I really need to put this on my tbr. (And I don‘t know why everything in my room looks so yellow in pictures 🤨) #TeamStoker
3 pts @TheReadingMermaid

Although this book is a little short and confusing and written in the contemporary Victorian language, this book is indeed very fascinating and has earned its right to be the timeless classic that it is.

3pts for #TeamStoker
#Scarathlon

Day 6 #7Covers7Days #CoverCrush

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Iconic classic, about the internal struggle between good and evil. Once evil is unleashed, it was hard to put the leash back on. I had a lot of fun reading this one. For fun, I decided that Mr. Hyde should be a Scottish Highlander. Available wherever audio books are sold.

I listened to this on the way to Cleveland & finished this morning on the way back. It was ok, but I feel like I zoned out in parts. Might read a physical copy at some point.

Another excellent classic by Audible Originals - well done.

Stevenson managed to cram a lot into these 66 pages, and literary types continue to analyse Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde to death. If you assume you‘re familiar with the Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and you don‘t need to read the original, you‘re really missing out. I‘ll definitely read it again, its allegory is evergreen. Full review here: http://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/strange-case-dr-jekyll-mr-hyde-robert-louis-...

Interesting but not one of my favorites. This is a very rare case where I feel the movie adaptation did better than the book.

What a classic, what a read. Still a bit speechless. A great read. 😍🤩 Highly recommended.
Creepy, rough and sadly some kind of pretty real.

So many books, so many challenges ( #tbr , #netgalley, #litsylovechallenge ) , sooooooooo little time. 🤪🤩😍

And now something completely different 😂

“Did you ever see a squirrel turning in a cage? And another squirrel sitting philosophically over his nuts? I needn‘t ask you which of them looked more of a fool.”

“I knew myself, at the first breath of this new life, to be more wicked, tenfold more wicked, sold a slave to my original evil; and the thought, in that moment, braced and delighted me like wine”

Catching up on my classics so I can jump into the Strange Case of the Alchemists Daughter having read all the original sources. Today I‘ve gotten through the Island of Dr Moreau and Rappacinni‘s Daughter. Last one up is Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Creepy

Dissertation and pleasure

I‘ve written enough in my chapter to not write reviews here, but I continue to be confused by any who assert that Dr Jekyll is “good”....

My #packingpages dream vacation would be Edinburgh...with a Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde tour and of course, all things Hogwarts! Must bring the above mentioned book and leave room to bring tons home.

Over 20 years after I first picked this up and.. wow .. what a difference a couple of decades makes. I found subtext galore! Lol ..Revelations about the duality of human nature, repression and sociopolitical castes that I completely missed when I was a kid. Oh.. and no surprise Stevenson is as breathtaking and brilliant a writer as he ever was. 5/5

⭐️⭐️⭐️: Creepy and a huge dose of noir before that was even a thing. So glad to finally cross this off the to read list. 🧪🔬🧫🔎

A haiku inspired by The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

A man of two minds.
Duplicitous and twisted.
Answers still to find.

#haiku
#poetry
#inspiration
#bookish

#CharactersLikeAlice @LibrarianRyan

#TheQueenOfHearts Mr Hyde, me thinks.

Classic horror story suffers from overfamiliarity

#coffeeandabook #mycover

"I feel very strongly about putting questions; it partakes too much of the style of the day of judgment. You start a question, and it‘s like starting a stone. You sit quietly on the top of a hill; and away the stone goes, starting others; and presently some bland old bird (the last you would have thought of) is knocked on the head in his own back garden and the family have to change their name."

Current book is strange case of Dr Jekyll and mr Hyde and then I went a little book crazy at the library with the top three. The rain in California just makes me so happy and makes me want to read so many books!

Pick I guess? New to Litsy and having a difficult time with the rating system so far... But I want those sweet internet book points so here we are. This book was kind of surprisingly affecting for me. Also dual-nature based horror is very on brand for me as a Gemini 😂

Finished the audiobook on LibriVox. Wished I read it as a book I guess, feel like I woulda been more into it.

I got my #litsyswapoween #swapoween package when I got home right now and it honestly brought tears to my eyes. It‘s been a rough month and this just made me so happy. Thank you so much @Marilyncjackson you are the best and we are definitely going to be pen pals now. I cannot wait to read these books! And I‘m totally going to make hot cocoa in my mug and eat some of the cookies! 😍

This was a quick listen, and so worth it! The narration was brilliant. This book is definitely a classic for a reason.

"My devil had been long caged, he came out roaring"

I can‘t believe that I‘ve never read this before, I don‘t know why it‘s taken me so long.

This was a 3.5 star read for me. I liked it but I enjoyed “The Bottle Imp” more. I think exposure to this story in film & TV ruined it a little for me. Plus I didn‘t like the way the tale was told. It was underwhelming.

How could you not love horror classic stories? Tiny book big impact. Loved all of it!

When I post non-book related pictures on Litsy, I try to make sure there's a literary tie-in. If you know me, you know that my family is quite involved in theatre. Proud of my hubby taking on his first musical - Jekyll & Hyde! Here he is (left) in one of his ensemble roles as Jekyll's father. I have loved hearing stories of the cast developing character traits by reading the book!

More bookish television to recommend. . . This is an incredibly clever modernization that came out in 2007. It‘s the creation of the brilliant Steven Moffat (Coupling, Doctor Who, Sherlock). James Nesbit and Gina Bellman are resplendent. Given this is the first of October I thought I drag it out for a visit. Check it out if you are a fan of the book and not all precious about modernizations.

Getting in the #spooky #holiday mood a bit early with this trio... Absolutely loving Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, I can‘t believe I‘ve lived this long without having read it!! #readyforautumn #halloweeniscoming #themedreading #classic #audiobooks

Next audiobook chosen 95% because Ian Holm! and 5% because it's short. I have a pretty busy month, quick reads are about all I have focus for right now.

This is a fun, short, dark read. I first read it in college and still have my highlighted and annotated copy. I find the exploration of the darkness within ourselves to be fascinating.

The audiobook, narrated by Richard Armitage, is extremely well done. Richard can read the phone book, for all I care, to be honest, just as long as he keeps talking.

Book 5 done for #24in48

It's a pic of this morning. ♡

#stevenson #drjekyllandmrhyde

'Man will be ultimately known for a mere polity of multifarious, incongruous, and independent denizens.'

I can only imagine what it would have been like to read this without knowing the twist! Supposedly fueled by a cocaine binge (tuberculosis treatment), Stevenson cranked out both the first and second drafts in only six days. After a nightmare prompted him to write the story either he or his wife threw it in the fire causing him to start again! Then the grim little penny dreadful turned into his most well-known work ever. Such is life.

“It was on the moral side, and in my own person, that I learned to recognise the thorough and primitive duality of man; I saw that, of the two natures that contended in the field of my consciousness, even if I could rightly be said to be either, it was only because I was radically both...”

#QuotsyJune18 | 15: #Fusion

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