| Author: | William le Queux | ISBN: | 1230000032974 |
| Publisher: | Classic Mysteries | Publication: | November 25, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | William le Queux |
| ISBN: | 1230000032974 |
| Publisher: | Classic Mysteries |
| Publication: | November 25, 2012 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
The author relates:
In this story I have dealt with an extraordinary phase of modern life in London, which to the majority will come as a startling revelation.
Some will, perhaps, declare that no such amazing state of things exists in this, the most enlightened age the world has known. To such, I can only assert that in this decadent civilisation of ours the things which I have described actually take place in secret, as certain facts in my possession indisputably show.
It is no unhealthy problem of sex, or of the ethics of divorce; no story of woman’s faithlessness or man’s misplaced confidence, but a subject upon which I believe no English author has yet touched, and one which I anticipate will prove interesting, and point a wholesome moral. It may not be out of place to add that I have been compelled to touch the subject with as light a hand as the purpose of the story will allow, in respect for the susceptibilities of the reader, and because it is furthest from my intention to sow evil broadcast.
The author relates:
In this story I have dealt with an extraordinary phase of modern life in London, which to the majority will come as a startling revelation.
Some will, perhaps, declare that no such amazing state of things exists in this, the most enlightened age the world has known. To such, I can only assert that in this decadent civilisation of ours the things which I have described actually take place in secret, as certain facts in my possession indisputably show.
It is no unhealthy problem of sex, or of the ethics of divorce; no story of woman’s faithlessness or man’s misplaced confidence, but a subject upon which I believe no English author has yet touched, and one which I anticipate will prove interesting, and point a wholesome moral. It may not be out of place to add that I have been compelled to touch the subject with as light a hand as the purpose of the story will allow, in respect for the susceptibilities of the reader, and because it is furthest from my intention to sow evil broadcast.
