Fwd: Jekyll and Hyde

[Max Magee]

Possibly of interest to the group, Les Klinger's The New Annotated Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde drops tomorrow. I've been half enjoying/half eye-rolling and arguing with his New Annotated Dracula as I participated in the Dracula Daily this year (the conceit of many of his New Annotated's is that the events actually happened...gee, where have I heard that before?...and so some of the "therefore, it must not have been before 1883 etc." conclusions are a little silly to me). I love that he goes back to original sources and writes out the differences betwixt or among them, and what the changes may mean (again, in universe this is sometimes silly as in "Jonathan Harker may have been trying to spare Lucy embarrassment" etc... but many times I find the comparisons interesting).

An interview Les did for Dracula here: https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2008/10/07/editor-leslie-klinger-discusses-his/24081483007/

And one on J&H: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIn4RHUN0vo (an interesting tidbit from here is that Jekyll was intended to be pronounced "GEE-kill"

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Leslie Klinger <LKli...@kandklaw.com>
Date: Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 4:07 PM
Subject: RE: Jekyll and Hyde
To: houn...@mlist.is.ed.ac.uk <houn...@mlist.is.ed.ac.uk>

The official pub date is tomorrow! Amazon will be delivering copies tomorrow; don’t know about B&N or stores!

 

Best regards,

 

Les

 

Leslie S. Klinger, Editor

Twitter: @lklinger

Website: www.lesliesklinger.com

Pronouns: he, him, his

 

 

 

From: Max Magee <maxp...@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2022 12:22 PM
To: houn...@mlist.is.ed.ac.uk
Subject: Re: Jekyll and Hyde

 

It appears that the official release date is October 18th (according to Amazon, at least). So you can pre-order it today, possibly even to receive it tomorrow. However, I'm not sure about Barny & Nobs, they don't make it clear that this is a pre-order, but that date, at least seems to be confirmed. There doesn't seem to be any way to actually checkout once it's added to your cart.

 

Max

 

 

On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 11:13 AM Karen Murdock <murdo...@gmail.com> wrote:

 

A book review in "Publishers Weekly" 17 October:

 

>The New Annotated Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson, Leslie S Klinger, Joe Hill. Mysterious Press, 39.95 (224p) ISBN 978-1-61316-321-4

In this attractive volume, Edgar winner Klinger (The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes) employs his usual diligent research and thoughtful analysis to deepen appreciation of a genre classic. As Klinger notes in his foreword, Stevenson’s novella, “like Frankenstein before it, has been too often simplified, distorted, and refashioned into a warning about good defeated by evil.” In fact, as Klinger demonstrates, the story of the seemingly respectable doctor and his vicious, sadistic alter ego is much more complicated. Stevenson grew up in a society replete with hypocritical attitudes toward ethics, religion, and responsibilities toward the less fortunate, and this story reflects that ethos. Through Klinger’s summations of late-19th-century English political, social, and cultural history; literary detection concerning the rumored burning of Stevenson’s first version of the story; annotations noting subtle implications in Stevenson’s book; insightful comparisons of earlier drafts of the classic; and observations on how the work was adapted for stage and screen, Klinger makes reading, or rereading, this masterpiece an immersive experience. Richly illustrated with scenes from Victorian London, playbills, and film images, this will instantly become the definitive edition of this complex and influential piece of literature. Agent: Donald Maass, Donald Maass Literary. (Oct.)<

 

Does that "Oct." indicate that the book is out now and

we can buy it?  I know Les is on this List.  Is it ready for

us to buy, Les?  If so, I am definitely going to hasten over

to the Barnes and Noble in the HarMar mall in St. Paul and get myself a copy, or at least order it.  I love the books

that Les Klinger annotates!  (I love annotated books in

general, and there aren't enough of them.)  A great story

for the "Halloween season" (which nowadays seems to

last for the entire month of October).

 

      ~May Blunder