Strange Case of Mr. Bodkin and Father Whitechapel: the other side of Jekyll and Hyde - Softcover

Keller, M Elias; Stevenson, Robert Louis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0615670245 ISBN 13: 9780615670249

Publisher: Gzi Productions, 2012

Synopsis

A brilliant reinvention of Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde--published together with the full original classic in a special flip edition. Two books in one!
 
"Had I approached my discovery in a more noble spirit, had I risked the experiment while under the empire of generous or pious aspirations, all must have been otherwise..."
 
Published in 1886, the tale of kindly Dr. Jekyll inventing a potion that releases his repressed persona, the evil Mr. Hyde, is one of the world's best-known stories. But Jekyll's turn for the worse was only the beginning. Shortly after the doctor's untimely death, his estate is sold to cold-blooded banker Geoffrey Bodkin, who stumbles upon the fateful potion and unleashes his own alter-ego: Father Whitechapel, saintly almsgiver to the East End paupers. But what begins as a story of loving charity soon becomes one of embezzlement, scandal and murder, as Mr. Bodkin struggles to keep Father Whitechapel from being branded London's most notorious villain--Jack the Ripper. Keller masterfully evokes Victorian London and its vernacular in this suspenseful debut novel, taking literary adaptations to a new level of sophistication and virtuosity while exploring timeless themes of class warfare, the dark side of philanthropy, and the catastrophic consequences of unhindered goodness.
 
A London Book Festival 2012 Selection

About this title

About the Author:

M. Elias Keller grew up in Bucks County, PA and earned degrees in Anthropology and Urban Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. He has been a freelance and journalistic writer in Philadelphia and San Diego, as well as publishing short fiction in various literary magazines. He lives in Philadelphia, PA (USA). MEliasKeller.com.

Review:

"An innovative and fascinating literary venture" - Independent Publisher

About this edition

• Publisher: Gzi Productions
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0615670245
• ISBN 13: 9780615670249
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 248