Marie Corelli, A Romance of Two Worlds
A Novel
1st Edition
Published on 10. April 2019
288 pages
978-1-4744-4192-6 (ISBN)
Description
A new scholarly edition of a major late-Victorian scientific romance novel
Marie Corelli's A Romance of Two Worlds is regarded as one of the most culturally important Victorian bestsellers. This critical edition offers instructive access to this multifaceted but still largely underappreciated novel that is a key text for scholars and students of late-Victorian women's writing. It also raises urgent questions about a wide array of textual and cultural concerns, especially the form and function of the Victorian 'bestseller'.
Key Features
- Contains a thorough critical and analytical introduction, annotations and appendices
- Provides context and underlines the aesthetic significance of Corelli's supernatural romance
- Engages with the full range of secondary scholarship on this neglected late-Victorian author
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Content
- Intro
- Acknowledgements
- Series Editor's Preface
- Introduction
- A Note on the Text
- Further Reading
- A Romance of Two Worlds A Novel.
- Vol. I
- Prologue
- Chapter 1 An Artist's Studio
- Chapter 2 The Mysterious Potion
- Chapter 3 Three Visions
- Chapter 4 A Dance and a Promise
- Chapter 5 Cellini's Story
- Chapter 6 The Hôtel Mars and its Owner
- Chapter 7 Zara and Prince Ivan
- Chapter 8 A Symphony in the Air
- Chapter 9 An Electric Shock
- Vol. II
- Chapter 1 My Strange Departure
- Chapter 2 A Miniature Creation
- Chapter 3 Secrets of the Sun and Moon
- Chapter 4 Sociable Converse
- Chapter 5 The Electric Creed
- Chapter 6 Death by Lightning
- Chapter 7 A Struggle for the Mastery
- Chapter 8 Conclusion
- Appendices
