{"product_id":"the-rose-and-the-key-paperback","title":"The Rose and the Key - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph Sheridan Le Fanu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFrances Chiu\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA beautiful young heroine-A cruel and unfeeling mother-A one-eyed spy-A mesmerist-A lunatic asylum. These are the perfect components for a Victorian sensation novel, and in \u003ci\u003eThe Rose and the Key\u003c\/i\u003e, J. Sheridan Le Fanu weaves them into a thrilling Gothic mystery. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe terror builds slowly, as young Maud Vernon and her old cousin Maximilla enjoy a sketching tour through Wales. Ominously, they find themselves shadowed by a sinister one-eyed man. And when they return to Roydon Hall, Maud's home, things become yet worse. Her mother, the imperious Lady Vernon, seems to loathe her, and there are other concerns as well-a mysterious will, an intimidating man clothed all in black, and the satanic mesmerist Doctor Antomarchi. Le Fanu slowly unfolds his plot, building the mystery and suspence until the shocking climax, where Maud escapes her cruel mother to visit the home of the great Lady Mardykes, only to find that she has escaped one hell, only to enter one far worse  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition is the first to follow the original text, as serialized in Charles Dickens's weekly \u003ci\u003eAll the Year Round\u003c\/i\u003e in 1871. Featuring notes, the text of contemporary reviews, and contextual documents such as a letter from Dickens to Le Fanu, this is the first-ever scholarly edition of the novel. Highlighting this edition is a groundbreaking new introduction by Frances Chiu, which argues for consideration of \u003ci\u003eThe Rose and the Key\u003c\/i\u003e as Le Fanu's statement on the troubled relations between England and Ireland and calls for a reevaluation of his ideology and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 444\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 02, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42107402190983,"sku":"9781934555248","price":39.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/42220f8772ef36add35428f7a1a5eeb0.webp?v=1732455341","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-rose-and-the-key-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}