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THE STATEMENT OF STELLA MABERLY, AND AN EVIL SPIRIT (VALANCO IBD

F ANSTEY / FANSTEY / THOMAS ANSTEY GUTHRIE
VALANCOURT BOOKS
02 / 2017
9781943910618
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Sinopsis

A rediscovered classic of madness and possession by the author of the famous bodyswap novel Vice VersaAfter her father loses his fortune, Stella Maberly is forced to go into service as a paid companion to her former schoolfellow, Evelyn Heseltine. When Stella finds Evelyn one morning apparently dead from an accidental&mdash,or perhaps intentional&mdash,poisoning, she is shocked and horrified. But it is nothing compared to her horror when Evelyn reawakens. Stella believes her friend&rsquo,s body is animated by something evil. Is Stella insane, or has a spirit of darkness actually taken possession of Evelyn?When originally published in 1896, The Statement of Stella Maberly was subtitled &lsquo,Written by Herself&rsquo, and presented as the real-life confession of a possiblyámad woman, but the identity of the book&rsquo,s true author, F. Anstey (1856-1934), famous for his oft-filmed bodyswap novel Vice Versa (1882), was soon revealed. This first-ever scholarly edition of Anstey&rsquo,s lost classic features a new introduction and notes by Peter Merchant, plus the first-ever appearance of unpublished manuscripts pertaining to the novel, including a 1916 screenplay for a never-produced film version, An Evil Spirit.&lsquo,A very curious and interesting story ... either a study of hallucination, of madness ... or else it is a sober statement of how, on a young girl&rsquo,s death, her body was revivified by a wandering spirit ... The book has very great interest ... written very skilfully and convincingly&rsquo,&mdash,The Review of Reviews&lsquo,A unique and weird experience&rsquo,&mdash,The Literary World&lsquo,Has a kinship with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ... a most striking tale&rsquo,&mdash,Godey&rsquo,s Magazine