Mystery Adventure A.E.W. Mason The Witness For The Defence 1913 1st UK VG No DJ

Description: Mystery Adventure A.E.W. Mason The Witness For The Defence 1913 1st UK VG No DJ First UK Edition with "Printed in 1913" on copyright page. Publisher: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. Octavio (5.5" x 9.5") [viii] 1-312. Publishers' original cloth boards. Black lettering to front cover. Gilt lettering to spine. Page top stained brown. No dust jacket. Book Condition: Very Good. Spine sun darkened. Corners bumped and worn. Binding is tight. Text is clean. Henry Thresk's difficult early relationship with his parents created in him a fierce determination to make his own way in the world. By the age of 28 he had become sufficiently well-established as a promising young barrister to take a month's holiday in Sussex, where he meets and becomes friendly with 19-year-old Stella Derrick. On the last day of Henry's holiday, while out riding on the South Downs, Stella hints at her feelings for him. Although Thresk has similar feelings, he convinces himself that he has to focus on his career and that an early marriage would close off all avenues of advancement. Stella is mortified, and without resolving the issue the two part. Eight years later, Thresk has become a prominent KC with a busy practice. Visiting a client at her home in Bombay, Thresk notices on the piano a framed photograph which he realizes is of Stella. Enquiring about it, he learns that she had moved to India almost eight years earlier, and had very quickly married the Resident of Chitipur, Captain Ballantyne. Friends hint that the marriage is unhappy, and Thresk resolves to travel to Chitipur and – if he finds Stella willing to leave her husband – to take her away. It was adapted by the author from his 1911 stage play of the same name. In 1919 it was made into an American silent film The Witness for the Defense directed by George Fitzmaurice.

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