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Book at Bedtime: The Bottle Imp

Ian McDiarmid

Robert Louis Stevenson

Kirsteen Cameron

Book at Bedtime: The Bottle Imp: Episode 4

The Bottle Imp

Episode 4

BBC Radio 4 - Book at Bedtime, The Bottle Imp, Episode 4

Keawe and Kokua's marriage is overshadowed by the bottle's malign presence.

Keawe and Kokua's marriage is overshadowed by the bottle's malign presence. Read by Ian McDiarmid.

Keawe, a young Hawaiian sailor, is tempted into buying an enchanted bottle that will grant his every wish. There's a catch; if the owner dies before selling it on, his soul will burn in hell forever. Keawe reasons that the bottle should be easy enough to pass on once he has gained his heart's desire - but it must be sold at a loss, and the price drops with every trade... 


Read by Ian McDiarmid

Written by Robert Louis Stevenson

Abridged by Kirsteen Cameron

Produced by Kirsteen Cameron.

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Ian McDiarmid reads Robert Louis Stevenson's cautionary tale about a devilish pact.

Ian McDiarmid reads Robert Louis Stevenson's cautionary tale. A young sailor buys an enchanted bottle that grants its owner's every wish but soon regrets entering into the devilish pact.

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