August 04, 2005
A Book of Scoundrels.
Discovered while researching Deacon Brodie, the gentleman thief whose double life inspired R.L. Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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Gutenberg's version of Jekyll & Hyde, easier on the eyes.
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Fie! Fie on those who would white-wash the character of scoundrels! The Complete Newgate Calendar offers more such tales of wickedness.
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Oh, that's fantastic.
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Who needs Bill Bennett? Breaking the Sabbath (by his own confession, he having never once heard a whole sermon during that time) was the first inlet to all his other vices, especially whoredom, drunkenness and theft, for he used commonly to pass away the Sabbaths at a bawdy-house in Ratcliff Highway with one Hannah Blay, a vile common strumpet, who was the cause of his ruin, and brought him to his shameful end. Comparing the two on Moll Cutpurse aka Mary Frith is a delight as well.
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More readable (and downloadable) version of the first link at Blackmask.