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Why Paul Ferroll Killed his Wife (Paperback)
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Why Paul Ferroll Killed his Wife (Paperback)
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Loot Price R189
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Why Paul Ferroll Killed his Wife (1860) is a novel by Caroline
Clive. Published to widespread critical and commercial acclaim,
Paul Ferroll gained comparisons to Jane Eyre and predated the rise
of popular detective fiction, but has since been largely forgotten.
Five years after its publication, Clive returned to the themes
which made Paul Ferroll successful; through close analysis of
Victorian social conventions and a skillful use of Gothic horror,
she produced Why Paul Ferroll Killed his Wife, a sequel in theme as
opposed to narrative. Rather than reprise the characters of her
last novel, Clive sought to emphasize the universality of tension
and violence in the relationships of men and women by creative a
separate scenario capable of expanding upon the first. In this
novel, she investigates the motives that lead to murder,
illuminating the condition of the male psyche with expert
precision. A gathering convenes at an English country estate for a
summer of rest and relaxation. Leslie, an Oxford student, joins his
sweetheart Laura for walks in the woods and dinners with friends
and family. Intending to ask for Laura's hand in marriage, Leslie
is entirely unprepared for the arrival of Elinor, a young woman on
leave from a convent in Brittany. As his feelings for this
religious, reclusive figure grow, he finds himself questioning his
heart while slowly losing control of his formidable, yet vulnerable
mind. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of Caroline Clive's Why Paul Ferroll
Killed his Wife is a classic of English literature reimagined for
modern readers.
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