Acquittal

by Helen de Guerry Simpson

{ 14.60 x 22.86 cms} Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back [1925]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. - English, Pages 285. COMPLETE LEATHER WILL COST YOU EXTRA US$ 25 APART FROM THE LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. {FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE.} . Complete Acquittal, by Helen Simpson. 1925 [Leather Bound] Simpson, Helen.

285 pages, Leather Bound

Published January 1, 2022

About the author

NOT Helen Simpson short story writer, born 1959.

Helen Simpson was an Australian-born writer, who lived in England from the age of 16. She studied music at Oxford, before becoming a novelist, a writer of historical biography, a radio broadcaster and a politician.

She joined the 1931 Detection Club, and wrote a chapter for Ask a Policeman 1933.

Works:

Novels:

Acquittal (1925)
The Baseless Fabric (1925)
Cups, Wands and Swords (1927)
Mumbudget (1928)
The Desolate House (1929)
Enter Sir John (1929)(with Clemence Dane)-filmed as Murder! (1930) by Alfred Hitchcock
Printer's Devil (1930)(with Clemence Dane)
Vantage Striker (1931)
Boomerang (1932), winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize
Re-enter Sir John (1932)(with Clemence Dane)
The Woman on the Beast (1933)
The Spanish Marriage (1933)(with Clemence Dane)
Henry VIII (1934)(with Clemence Dane)
Saraband for Dead Lovers (1935, produced as a film)
The Female Felon (1935)
Under Capricorn (1937, produced as a film in 1949)
A Woman Among Wild Men (1938)(with Clemence Dane)
Maid No More (1940)

Plays:
Masks (1921)
A Man of His Time (1923)
The Women's Comedy (1926)
Pan in Pimlico (1926)

Poetry:
Philosophies in Little (1921)

Other:
The Happy Housewife (1934)

Translation:
A selection from Louis-Sebastian Mercier's Le Tableau de Paris under the title 'The Waiting City' (1933).

Reviews

[Lynn · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was either very subtle and went over my head, or it was very vague. The protagonist, who had been acquitted on the charges of her husband's murder, seemingly may or may not have been truly innocent. There was an implied moral dilemma involved because the husband had been crippled and suffering, and his death may have been merciful. Or maybe that wasn't the intended implication - I wasn't sure. Does it matter? The plot such as it is revolves around the acquitted woman's social life after she returns from her trial to her regular society life as a widow.

Although I like drawing room melodramas, this seemed to lack both substance and style.