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The Sorceress of the Strand

The Sorceress of the Strand, written by L. T. Meade and co-written by Robert Eustace,[1] is a collection of periodical mystery stories that appeared in The Strand magazine from 1893 to 1903.[2] These stories are crime fiction, similar to the stories of Sherlock Holmes which also appeared in The Strand.[3] They feature the criminal genius villain, Madame Sara, and tell stories of medical mysteries, dangerous criminal women, and explored themes related to gender and consumerism.[4][5] Elizabeth Carolyn Miller argued that the character of Madame Sara was inspired by the real life Victorian criminal Madame Rachel.[6]

Publication

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L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace would publish six stories featuring the Madame Sara character between October 1902 and March 1903. These were published in monthly instalments of The Strand.[7] The stories were all eventually collected in The Sorceress of the Strand (1903). These stories included:

  • Madame Sara (October 1902)
  • The Blood-Red Cross (November 1902)
  • The Face of the Abbot (December 1902)
  • The Talk of the Town (January 1903)
  • The Bloodstone (February 1903)
  • The Teeth of the Wolf (March 1903)

An edited collection of these stories was published by Broadview Press in 2016.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "The Sorceress of the Strand". digital.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  2. ^ Harrington, Ellen Burton (2008). Scribbling Women & the Short Story Form: Approaches by American & British Women Writers. Peter Lang. pp. 60–74. ISBN 978-1-4331-0077-2.
  3. ^ Halloran, Jennifer A. (2002-03-22). "The ideology behind The Sorceress of the Strand: gender, race, and criminal witchcraft". English Literature in Transition 1880-1920. 45 (2): 176–195.
  4. ^ "The Sorceress of the Strand and Other Stories". Broadview Press. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  5. ^ Valine, Amy (2022). "Image, Consumerism, and the New Woman: Gordon Browne's Illustrations for The Sorceress of the Strand". Victorian Periodicals Review. 55 (1): 72–99. doi:10.1353/vpr.2022.0003. ISSN 1712-526X. S2CID 254019429.
  6. ^ Miller, Elizabeth Carolyn (March 2006). ""SHREWD WOMEN OF BUSINESS": MADAME RACHEL, VICTORIAN CONSUMERISM, AND L. T. MEAde's THE SORCERESS OF THE STRAND". Victorian Literature and Culture. 34 (1): 311–332. doi:10.1017/S1060150306051175. ISSN 1470-1553. S2CID 163139655.
  7. ^ Kestner, Joseph A. (2000). "Meade/Eustace: The Sorceress of the Strand (1902-1903)". The Edwardian Detective, 1901-1915. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Limited. pp. 58–63.
  8. ^ Scott, Shannon (2016). "Review of The Sorceress of the Strand and Other Stories". Victorian Periodicals Review. 49 (3): 518–522. ISSN 0709-4698. JSTOR 26166532.



 

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