The Primrose Path (Stoker novel)
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The Primrose Path is an 1875 novel by Bram Stoker. It was the writer's first novel, published 22 years before Dracula and serialized in five installments in The Shamrock, a weekly Irish magazine, from February 6, 1875, to March 6, 1875.[1]
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Plot summary
Jerry O'Sullivan, honest Dublin theatrical carpenter, moves to London, seeking a better job. Against the better judgement of the people surrounding him, Jerry decides to go to the metropolis with his faithful wife Katey. O'Sullivan is hired as head carpenter in a squalid theatre in London, but after several misfortunes he is strongly tempted by and eventually brought down by alcohol. Unjustly suspecting his wife of infidelity, he murders her with a hammer and then cuts his throat with a chisel.
References
- ^ "Bram Stoker – Novels". www.bramstoker.org.
Bibliography
- Valente, Joseph. Dracula's Crypt: Bram stoker, Irishness, and the Question of Blood. ISBN 978-0-252-02696-6
External links
The Primrose Path public domain audiobook at LibriVox
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