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Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
Season 8 · Episode 103

Fifteen Fictions for Summer re-release: Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

<p>Today’s Great Political Fiction is Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) - a story that it’s easy to know without really knowing it at all. David explores all the ways that Robert Louis Stevenson’s tale confounds our expectations about good and evil. What does Dr Jekyll really want? What are all the men in the book trying to hide? And what has any of this got to do with Q-Anon and Hillary Clinton?</p><br><p>Tomorrow: H. G. Wells’ <em>The Time Machine</em></p><br><p>Find out more about Past Present Future on our new website <a href="http://www.ppfideas.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.ppfideas.com</a> where you can also join PPF+ to get bonus episodes and ad-free listening.</p><br><p><br></p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Past Present Future · David Runciman

August 24, 202452m 41s

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Show Notes

Today’s Great Political Fiction is Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) - a story that it’s easy to know without really knowing it at all. David explores all the ways that Robert Louis Stevenson’s tale confounds our expectations about good and evil. What does Dr Jekyll really want? What are all the men in the book trying to hide? And what has any of this got to do with Q-Anon and Hillary Clinton?


Tomorrow: H. G. Wells’ The Time Machine


Find out more about Past Present Future on our new website www.ppfideas.com where you can also join PPF+ to get bonus episodes and ad-free listening.





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