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Title
The Other House
Subject
Literature, fiction, novel, Henry James, murder, child-murder, drowning, marriage proposals, medieval barbarity, "William Heinemann - publisher"
Description
In this article from the Western Mail newspaper, notice is given about the publication of Henry James’s novel “The Other Houseâ€. The novel had been published by William Heinemann in London the previous year (1896). The author of the article warns that modern readers may not be prepared for the confronting nature of the murder at the heart of the novel’s plot, in which the character of Rose Armiger drowns a four-year-old child and blames it on a rival in a complicated love triangle. The article links Rose Armiger’s ‘wickedness’ with a sense of medieval barbarity, suggesting that “it is only in medieval history that we are prepared to find murderers who wantonly destroy innocent babes for the sake of tacking the deed upon an enemyâ€.
Creator
Unknown
Source
National Library of Australia
Publisher
The Western Mail
Date
3 September, 1897, p. 45
Rights
The Western Mail
Format
Newspaper Article
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Original Format
Newspaper Article