It recounts the mercurial lot of Keawe, a Hawaiian who purchases a bottle inhabited by an imp capable of granting any wish. Offering an engrossing spin on a time-honored theme–the risky business of making a pact with the devil–this short story is a radiant jewel. My Bookshelves: Classics, Easy reading, Trickstersĥth sentence, 74th page: It was long ere slumber came to them, and, if either dozed off, it would be to wake and find the other silently weeping in the dark, or, perhaps, to wake alone, the other having fled from the house and the neighbourhood of that bottle, to pace under the bananas in the little garden, or to wander on the beach by moonlight. Rating Out of 5: 4.5 (Amazing, but not quite perfect) In: Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde and Other Strange Tales (Robert Louis Stevenson)
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