Fate of Fenella (Valancourt Books)

piAn adulterous young woman - Her husband's affair with an evil French temptress - A violent murder - A sensational trial - Mesmerism and trances - A lunatic asylum - Jealousy - Revenge/ipThese are just some of the plot elements of iThe Fate of Fenella/i. But even stranger and more sensational than its wild and fast-paced plot is the novel's composition. An experimental novel, featuring twenty-four chapters, each written aby a different bestselling Victorian novelist without collaboration with the other authors, iThe Fate of Fenella/i remains as fascinating today as when first published in 1892.pThis edition, the first since 1892, includes a new introduction aby Andrew Maunder placing the novel in the larger context of the 1890s publishing marketplace, as well as extensive notes, and biographies of the twenty-four authors. In addition to its interest as a thrilling tale of mystery and murder, iThe Fate of Fenella/i is the ideal introduction to the late Victorian popular novel and two dozen of its most famous practitioners.pContains chapters by: Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker, Helen Mathers, Justin H. McCarthy, Frances Eleanor Trollope, May Crommelin, F. C. Philips, "Rita", Joseph Hatton, Mrs. Lovett Cameron, Florence Marryat, Frank Danby, Mrs. Edward Kennard, Richard Dowling, Mrs. Hungerford, Arthur ŕ Beckett, Jean Middlemass, Clement Scott, Clo. Graves, H. W. Lucy, Adeline Sergeant, George Manville Fenn, "Tasma", F. Anstey