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"A marvelously rich and intelligent read, atmospheric, witty, irreverent, and not least a sharply perceptive portrait of those three extraordinary Jameses." -John Banville, author of The Infinities Under Certain Circumstances, No One Is More Suited to Solving a Crime than a Woman... read more
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Characters/People edit
- William: Add a description of this character.
- Henry
- Alice
- John Sargent
- Katherine
- Peter Newsome
- Walter Sickert
- Sally
- Archie
- Mrs. Smith
- Pizer
- Mrs. Lancaster
- Abberline
- Sidgwick
- Ella Abrams
- Clemens
- Maudsley
- Whistler
- Warren
- Legros
- Cohen
- Mr. James
- Nora
- Emily
- Jack The Ripper
- Anderson
- Catherine Eddowes
- Wilde
- Asher Abrams
- Jane Cobden
- Polly Nichols
- Gosse
- Annie Chapman
- Mary Jane Kelly
- Slade
- Terry
- Fiona
Quotes edit
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“Much better if the monster doesn't look like a monster at all, but an angel, the point being that the worst atrocities are committed not by animals but by men, and often men of apparent refinement.”
Henry James -
“Evil men are not born, but made”
William James
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First Sentence edit
Henry James was drunk.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in True Crime: Jack The Ripper. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Paula Marantz Cohen (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.6
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