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Martin Faber
Martin Faber, novel by Simms, published in 1833 and revised as Martin Faber, the Story of a Criminal (1837).
Martin, a brilliant but evil young man, seduces Emily and deserts her to marry Constance Claiborne. When Emily threatens to expose him, he strangles her and hides her body in the cleft of a rock. He then accuses Constance of having an affair with his friend William Harding, who ingeniously reconstructs the murder and exposes it in a painting he hangs in the village gallery. Frightened, Martin goes with Harding to the scene of the crime, where he is held by the villagers while the rock is blasted and the body recovered. He attempts to stab Constance when she visits him in prison, but fails and is taken to be hanged. |
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Martin Faber." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Martin Faber." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-MartinFaber.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Martin Faber." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-MartinFaber.html |
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