Maxwell Gray, The Silence of Dean Maitland / / Maxwell Gray, Julian Wolfreys.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Gray, Maxwell,; Wolfreys, Julian,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Critical Editions of Nineteenth-Century Texts
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (424 p.) :; 5 B/W illustrations

A scholarly edition of a neglected, hugely popular best-sellerFirst 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 authorMaxwell 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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Editor’s Preface -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements and a Note on the Text -- Part I -- CHAPTER I -- CHAPTER II -- CHAPTER III -- CHAPTER IV -- CHAPTER V -- CHAPTER VI -- CHAPTER VII -- CHAPTER VIII -- CHAPTER IX -- CHAPTER X -- CHAPTER XI -- CHAPTER XII -- CHAPTER XIII -- CHAPTER XIV -- CHAPTER XV -- CHAPTER XVI -- CHAPTER XVII -- CHAPTER XVIII -- Part II -- CHAPTER I -- CHAPTER II -- CHAPTER III -- CHAPTER IV -- CHAPTER V -- CHAPTER VI -- Part III -- CHAPTER I -- CHAPTER II -- CHAPTER III -- CHAPTER IV -- CHAPTER V -- CHAPTER VI -- CHAPTER VII -- CHAPTER VIII -- CHAPTER IX -- CHAPTER X -- CHAPTER XI -- CHAPTER XII AFTERGLOW -- Appendices -- Appendix A. An interview with Maxwell Gray, by Catherine Jane Hamilton, from The Woman at Home, 1895 (facsimile) -- Appendix B. Period map of the Isle of Wight, c. 1914 -- Appendix C. Frontispiece illustration from the fifth edition of the novel -- Appendix D “Shooting” a scene. For an Australian talkie. Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday, 7 December 1933 (facsimile) -- Appendix E Reviews of and commentary on The Silence of Dean Maitland, with commentary on and reviews of the Australian film versions (1914, 1934) of the novel, and related material (1886–1991) -- Appendix F. Poster for the 1934 film of The Silence of Dean Maitland