![]() Title page for The Jucklins (1896) | |
Author | Opie Read |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Laird & Lee (Chicago) |
Publication date | January 28, 1896 [1] |
Media type | Print (paperback) |
Pages | 291 [2] |
The Jucklins is an 1896 novel by Opie Read. It was a bestselling book in the United States (Read asserted that over one million copies were sold [3] ), though it never appeared on the best-sellers list in The Bookman since its early and primary sales were of cheap paperback copies sold on trains and at newsstands. [1] [4] [5]
The story is set in the backwoods of North Carolina. Teacher Bill Hawes lives with the Jucklins, a local farming family, including father Lim Jucklin, daughter Guinea, and son Alf. [6] [7]
Read reported that he sold the book for $700 to publisher Laird & Lee. He needed the cash to pay off a poker debt. [8] A sequel of sorts, Old Lim Jucklin was released in 1905, and consists of a "collection of random observations and humors in the cracker-box philosopher manner." [8]
The novel was also adapted for the stage, and a version adapted by Daniel Hart debuted in Louisville, Kentucky in January 1897, produced by actor Stuart Robson. [9] This version did not get rave reviews, [10] and a wholly rewritten play by playwright Augustus Thomas (also produced by Robson) appeared in December of the same year. [4] [11]
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