Robert Louis Stevenson cherished the 1866 penny dreadful A Mystery in Scarlet, written by his "genuine influence" Malcolm J. Errym, the pseudonym of "Sweeney Todd" creator James Malcolm Rymer (1814-84) and illustrated by the celebrated "Phiz" (Hablot K. Browne, 1815-82). Once assumed lost, A Mystery in Scarlet is now reprinted for the first time since 1866. To shed light on the Victorian experience of serial, multimodal reading of penny dreadfuls, this annotated critical edition reproduces Rymer's text and Phiz's illustrations in their original eighteen-installment format.
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Primary Texts
- A Mystery in Scarlet: No. 1 (February 10, 1866)
- A Mystery in Scarlet: No. 2 (February 17, 1866)
- A Mystery in Scarlet: No. 3 (February 24, 1866)
- A Mystery in Scarlet: No. 4 (March 3, 1866)
- A Mystery in Scarlet: No. 5 (March 10, 1866)
- A Mystery in Scarlet: No. 6 (March 17, 1866)
- A Mystery in Scarlet: No. 7 (March 24, 1866)
- A Mystery in Scarlet: No. 8 (March 31, 1866)
- A Mystery in Scarlet: No. 9 (April 7, 1866)
- A Mystery in Scarlet: No. 10 (April 14, 1866)
- A Mystery in Scarlet: No. 11 (April 21, 1866)
- A Mystery in Scarlet: No. 12 (April 28, 1866)
- A Mystery in Scarlet: No. 13 (May 5, 1866)
- A Mystery in Scarlet: No. 14 (May 12, 1866)
- A Mystery in Scarlet: No. 15 (May 19, 1866)
- A Mystery in Scarlet: No. 16 (May 26, 1866)
- A Mystery in Scarlet: No. 17 (June 2, 1866)
- A Mystery in Scarlet: No. 18 (June 9, 1866)
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