THEODORA: A SOUL ON FIRE .

Williams, Frances Fenwick

Published by John Lane, London, 1915

About this Item

Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi [vii-viii] 9-316 [317-318: ads] [319-320: blank], publisher's apple green cloth, front and spine panels printed in black. First edition, second issue. After complaints from the publisher of Florence Marryat's A SOUL ON FIRE (1898), Willams' novel with the same title was recalled and re-titled THEODORA: A SOUL ON FIRE with a canceled title page and new (plainer) binding. "Novel set in Montreal about a beautiful femme fatale, Theodora Carne, who unwittingly exercises a baleful influence on the men in her life. She may or may not be the reincarnation of a witch, but there's no question that her fiancés have a habit of dying after she reveals to them her troubling romantic history. Is it witchcraft? Mesmerism? Astral projection? Or merely some potent psychological dynamic at work? The novel ends up pointing to the last explanation but other supernatural incidents remain unexplained -- and there is the fact of all those 'accidental' deaths. A somewhat confused tale, and the lack of local color is disappointing, but the novel does have some atmospheric touches and provides fresh variations on the femme fatale theme." - Robert Eldridge. Scarborough, The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction, pp. 193-4. Reginald 15368. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978). A clean, bright, very good copy. A scarce book in either issue. (#171072). Seller Inventory # 171072

Bibliographic Details

Title: THEODORA: A SOUL ON FIRE .

Publisher: John Lane, London

Publication Date: 1915

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition