Seeking Hyde - Couverture rigide

Reed, Thomas

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0825308836 ISBN 13 : 9780825308833

Editeur : Beaufort Books, 2018

Synopsis

2018 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist!

Reveal the fascinating history behind Robert Louis Stevenson and discover how the epic horror story of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde came to fruition.

Struggling to write a worthy successor to his hit Treasure Island, Robert is instead focused on defying his father's wishes, amidst facing charges for driving an old friend's fatal alcoholism, all while his American wife--ten years his junior--pushes him relentlessly to write one more great novel. After Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde come to him in a dream, Robert writes tirelessly until he has created this classic masterpiece. His work is met with great acclaim, yet is ultimately blamed for the inspiration of a gruesome series of murders now unleashed in London's East End.

Seeking Hyde follows Robert Louis Stevenson through the dark underworld of Victorian London, exploring the realm of "what if?", as he wrestles with the demons of prostitution, police corruption, and, finally, Jack the Ripper himself.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Thomas Reed has spent twenty years exploring, teaching, and writing about the life and times of Robert Louis Stevenson. His non-fiction book, The Transforming Draught Jekyll and Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson, and the Victorian Alcohol Debate (McFarland, 2006), examines the outsized role of Drink in Stevenson's career and culture. In the course of his research, Reed stumbled across a profound historical irony rooted in the social impact of Stevenson's famous novel. Only by stepping into the realm of fiction could he explore the strange turnings of the author's fate in a way they positively cried out for.

Thomas Reed studied at Yale, the University of Virginia, and Oxford, and spent three decades teaching Victorian and medieval literature at Dickinson College, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He recently moved to Sarasota, Florida, to take up writing full time, where he lives with his wife Dorothy and writes each day at his grandfather's antique desk. On occasional afternoons, they stroll to the local tiki bar to enjoy the sunset and raise a glass to the spirit of Stevenson.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Beaufort Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0825308836
• ISBN 13: 9780825308833
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne