Full Description
First scholarly edition of a neglected, hugely popular best-seller
Key Features
First 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.
Contents
IntroductionAcknowledgements and a note on the text
The Silence of Dean Maitland
Appendices
1. An Interview with Maxwell Gray, by Catherine Jane Hamilton, from The Woman at Home, 1895 (facsimile)
2. Period Map of the Isle of Wight c.1914
3. Frontispiece illustration from the fifth edition of the novel
4. "Shooting" a Scene. For an Australian Talkie. Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 7 December, 1933 (facsimile)
5. 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
6. Poster for 1934 film of The Silence of Dean Maitland
