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Bartleby the Apparition
Certain figures from nineteenth century gothic horror fiction are still very much part of mainstream culture. One thinks of Frankenstein’s monster, Dracula the vampire, and Doctor Jekyll’s murderous alter-ego Mr Hyde. Less well-known, but more unsettling in my opinion, is … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Herman Melville, Historical, Literary, Literary Criticism
Tagged Billy Budd Sailor, Dead letter office, Dracula, Frankenstein, Gothic horror fiction, Harold Beaver, Henry Mayhew, Herman Melville, Jekyll and Hyde, London Labour and the London Poor, Moby Dick, scrivener
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