Biblioventures: Monsters and Ghosts, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and A Christmas Carol

• This is a free program.  
• Episodes stream live on Mondays, September 23 – December 16, 7:00-9:00 pm ET, with the recordings available to watch on the Rosenbach’s YouTube channel. 

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Description 

Join us on a new Biblioventure with two six-part series of haunted works of the nineteenth century: Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. First, we’ll investigate Stevenson’s gothic masterpiece about a gentleman doctor whose strange experiments to eradicate the evil impulses of all mankind lead to the creation of a brutal monster. Then, we’ll explore Dickens’ ghostly tale of a man haunted by not just spirits, but also his own past and future yet to come. Host Edward G. Pettit and a rotating group of cohosts will have a conversational annotation each week, providing context and insight about the authors and their characters, and showcasing remarkable Rosenbach collection objects along the way, including our first editions of both featured novels. 

Schedule

Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 

September 23
Story of the Door                                                                              
Search for Mr. Hyde
September 30
Dr. Jekyll Was Quite at Ease
The Carew Murder Case
Incident of the Letter
October 7
Remarkable Incident of Dr. Lanyon
Incident at the Window
The Last Night
October 14
Dr. Lanyon’s Narrative
Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case (part 1)
October 21
Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case (part 2)
October 28
The Legacy of Jekyll and Hyde

November 4: no show

A Christmas Carol

November 11
Stave I
November 18
Stave II
November 25
Stave III
December 2
Stave IV
December 9
Stave V
December 16
The Legacy of a Dickensian Christmas