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The Man Who Lost Himself (Paperback)
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The Man Who Lost Himself (Paperback)
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Loot Price R212
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The Man Who Lost Himself (1920) is a novel by Henry De Vere
Stacpoole. Although he is more widely known for his novel The Blue
Lagoon (1908), which inspired the 1980 hit drama starring Brooke
Shields, Stacpoole was a prolific bestselling author whose dozens
of literary works continue to inspire and entertain a century after
they first appeared in print. "With no financial foundation, Victor
and a Philadelphia gentleman had competed for a contract to supply
the British Government with Harveyised steel struts, bolts, and
girders; he had come over to London to press the business; he had
interviewed men in brass hats, slow moving men who had turned him
over to slower moving men. [...] [T]his morning their tender had
been rejected." In this thrilling tale of mistaken identity,
Stacpoole moves away from his favorite setting of the South Pacific
to the frenzied streets and barrooms of London's financial
district. There, a desperate businessman learns that his proposal
to secure a lucrative contract has been denied. With no money and a
slew of creditors to appease, Victor Jones heads for the hotel bar
to drown his sorrows. In his bleakest moment, he meets his
doppelganger, an Englishman named Mr. Rochester. After a night of
hard drinking, Jones awakens in a strange bedroom surrounded by the
finest furniture money can buy. Before he can gather his senses, a
servant enters with the paper and greets him as the Earl of
Rochester. What he learns next will change his life forever. The
Man Who Lost Himself was adapted into a 1920 silent film as well as
a 1941 Hollywood feature starring Brian Aherne and Kay Francis.
With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of Henry De Vere Stacpoole's The Man Who
Lost Himself is a classic of British literature reimagined for
modern readers.
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