The Intended
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| - | + | ''[[The Intended]]'' (1894) is a novel by [[Stacpoole]], a tragic novel about two [[look-alike]]s, one rich and the other poor, who exchange places for fun; but it had very little success. Years later, Stacpoole told this story in ''[[The Man Who Lost Himself (novel)|The Man Who Lost Himself]]'' (1918); a penniless American who impersonates his rich lookalike in England; and this time it was a commercial success. | |
| - | As a young man he befriended Pearl Craigie (known as [[John Oliver Hobbes]]) and this facilitated his first publication, a poem about [[Belgravia]]. In 1890 he met [[Aubrey Beardsley]], [[Alfred Noyes]] and other writers and artists of [[the Yellow Book|the ''Yellow Book'']] group. This environment influenced his first novel, ''[[The Intended]]'' (1894), a tragic novel about two look-alikes, one rich and the other poor, who exchange places for fun; but it had very little success. Years later, Stacpoole told this story in ''[[The Man Who Lost Himself (novel)|The Man Who Lost Himself]]'' (1918); a penniless American who impersonates his rich lookalike in England; and this time it was a commercial success. His second, ''Pierrot!'' (1896), is set during the [[Franco-Prussian War]] and deals with an ambiguous relationship between a boy French with his look-alike who acts as a psychic double, who then takes the form of a Prussian officer; all through a story of "family curses" for which it appears that the young French may be parricide. Hobbes recommended a lighter approach to the subject. It was followed by ''Death, the Knight, and the Lady'' (1897), a powerful mix of reincarnation, disguise, and uxoricide. The originality of the themes and the development was beyond doubt, but the audience was certainly not prepared. These novels, and ''The Rapin'' (1899), all failed commercially. | + | |
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The Intended (1894) is a novel by Stacpoole, a tragic novel about two look-alikes, one rich and the other poor, who exchange places for fun; but it had very little success. Years later, Stacpoole told this story in The Man Who Lost Himself (1918); a penniless American who impersonates his rich lookalike in England; and this time it was a commercial success.
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