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

Fiction & Literature, Historical
Cover of the book Strange Case of Mr. Bodkin and Father Whitechapel: the other side of Jekyll and Hyde by M Elias Keller, M Elias Keller
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Author: M Elias Keller ISBN: 9781476420073
Publisher: M Elias Keller Publication: July 3, 2012
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: M Elias Keller
ISBN: 9781476420073
Publisher: M Elias Keller
Publication: July 3, 2012
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

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.

“An innovative and fascinating literary venture”
—Independent Publisher

A London Book Festival 2012 Selection

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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.

“An innovative and fascinating literary venture”
—Independent Publisher

A London Book Festival 2012 Selection

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