The Lodger

<p><i>The Lodger</i> is the first known novelization of the Jack the Ripper story. It follows the lives of <abbr>Mr.</abbr> and <abbr>Mrs.</abbr> Bunting, a maid and butler. An eccentric lodger, <abbr>Mr.</abbr> Sleuth, arrives at their lodging-house just as a wave of horrific murders begins to sweep London. The Buntings become engrossed in the newspaper sensationalism as well the detailed accounts of their young friend, a Scotland Yard detective.</p> <p><a href=" first wrote <i>The Lodger</i> as a short story published in <i>McClure’s Magazine</i>, then later published the novelization in the…