HYDE

Robert Louis Stevenson's famous tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde gains two new voices in this audio production. The first is Levine's recrafting of the story through the eyes of the purported villain, Mr. Hyde, which recasts him in a more complex role than Stevenson's original novella and asks the question of whether Hyde was set up by Jekyll and others. The second voice is that of narrator John Curless, who provides a perfect voice for the first-person point of view of the story. He strikes a great balance between capturing Hyde's earnestness and the more horrific moments of the tale. Curless's tone and projection compel the listener through the dark underworld of Victorian London. L.E. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2014]