Mr Hornung's Three Goddesses - a Victorian novelist at work (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781326897338)

So far as it goes, Goddesses Three is an absorbing study of the Pontifex family, and (ultimately) of Anglo-Portuguese relations. E.W. Hornung apparently began writing this book in 1894 but put it aside after completing eleven chapters. Set primarily in an English Rectory, it is very much a work in progress, written partly in pencil and partly in ink, and incorporating a vast number of revisions. In addition to deciphering 99%% of the manuscript, and producing an edited text for the general reader, the editor has examined it on a chapter-by-chapter basis. This results in a fuller notion of how the story was being shaped and the occasional problems encountered - and pinpoints Hornung's consequent changes and instructions to himself. We are, as it were, looking over his shoulder for the whole time, and gain (as a result) a fascinating insight into how a Victorian novel took shape.

Author: Peter Rowland
ISBN-10: 1326897330
ISBN-13: 9781326897338
Publisher: Lulu.com
Language: English
Published: 01/13/2017
Pages: 174
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.37d