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Caroline Clive
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Paul Ferroll (Oxford Popular Fiction) |
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No copies available |
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| Published in: |
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English |
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Paperback |
| Pages: |
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240 |
| Date: |
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1997-07-10 |
| ISBN: |
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0192832476 |
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Oxford University Press, USA |
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0.44 pounds |
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5.04 x 7.64 x 0.63 inches |
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1 Schmitz (USA: CA) |
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1 Marnie (USA: OH) |
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Product Description
Paul Ferroll, a scandalous success when it first published in 1855, shocked contemporary opinion with its moral ambiguity and authorial detachment, and its refusal of traditional fictional values.
The hero, Paul Ferroll, is the embodiment of the English notion of what constitutes a gentleman: handsome, a devoted husband, and community leader. His neighbors admire his selflessness during a cholera epidemic and his bravery in controlling a violent mob by killing the ring-leader. They admire his beautiful wife and daughter, and his brilliant literary reputation. There is one problem, however. Ferroll brutally murdered his first wife in order to marry his second. Out of print for sixty years, Paul Ferroll is certainly a highly unusual Victorian crime novel by an intriguing authoress.
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