The Silence of Dean Maitland, Hardback Book

The Silence of Dean Maitland Hardback

Edited by Julian Wolfreys

Part of the Edinburgh Critical Editions of Nineteenth-Century Texts series

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A scholarly edition of a neglected, hugely popular best-seller First scholarly edition of forgotten late Victorian classic of rural life and sensation fictionComprehensive selection of contemporary reviews and commentariesCarefully contextualized introduction to the novel and its author Maxwell Gray tells the sensational story of an ambitious clergyman, who accidentally kills the father of a woman he has made pregnant, and then allows his closest friend to be convicted of the murder.

The best-seller was subsequently filmed three times (1914, 1915, 1934) and presents fascinating insights into the forgotten world of late Victorian rural life. Including a carefully contextualised introduction to the novel and its author, this edition also provides a comprehensive selection of contemporary reviews and commentaries.

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