The Jucklins
1896 novel by Opie Read
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For the 1921 film adaptation see The Jucklins (film)
Title page for The Jucklins (1896) | |
| Author | Opie Read |
|---|---|
| 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]
Adaptations
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]
A silent film version of the novel directed by George Melford, and starring Winter Hall, Mabel Julienne Scott, and Monte Blue was released in 1921.
