A Jury of Her Peers (Signed limited edition)
by Glaspell, Susan
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About This Item
London: Ernest Benn, 1927. First edition. Fine. One of 250 copies signed by the author on the limitation page. A Fine, bright copy in original publisher's wraps; internally fresh and unmarked.
A Jury of Her Peers is the short-story adaptation of Glaspell's one-act play Trifles (1916), in which two women unravel the truth behind a murder—that a woman has killed her abusive husband—and hide the evidence to protect the accused from jail. Set in the Midwest, the story is an ode to rural communities and the power of female solidarity told through the lens of a crime. Glaspell was inspired by the reporting that she did for the Des Moines Daily News on Margaret Hossack's murder trial. In its telling, readers must confront questions of morality, empathy, and justice. Fine.
A Jury of Her Peers is the short-story adaptation of Glaspell's one-act play Trifles (1916), in which two women unravel the truth behind a murder—that a woman has killed her abusive husband—and hide the evidence to protect the accused from jail. Set in the Midwest, the story is an ode to rural communities and the power of female solidarity told through the lens of a crime. Glaspell was inspired by the reporting that she did for the Des Moines Daily News on Margaret Hossack's murder trial. In its telling, readers must confront questions of morality, empathy, and justice. Fine.
Reviews
On May 6 2018, a reader said:
A Jury Of Her Peers is a short story by American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, actress, director, novelist, biographer and poet, Susan Glaspell. It was adapted from her one-act play, Trifles written in 1916. When Sheriff Henry Peters and Young George Henderson, the county attorney come to collect Mr Hale for their examination of the murder scene at their neighbours, the Wrights' house, they have Mrs Peters with them, so Mr Hale insists that his wife, Martha comes along to keep Mrs Peters company.
The day before, Mr Hale and his son, Harry had called in to the Wrights on the way to town, and found Mrs Wright, Minnie Foster that was, twenty years before, sitting in the rocker in the kitchen, her husband John hanging by the neck from a beam upstairs in the bedroom. Minnie Wright was to be charged with murder, but the county attorney wanted to go over the scene with Mr Hale.
While the men draw their conclusions based on what they see, and motive is what they are looking for, the women make their own observations, obviously inferior, given their gender. George Henderson is ready to dismiss their contribution as frivolous, but Minnie Wright will be judged, and judges fairly by her peers, in spite of his attitude. A powerful little tale.
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- Whitmore Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5790
- Title
- A Jury of Her Peers (Signed limited edition)
- Author
- Glaspell, Susan
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Ernest Benn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- Wright wouldn't like the bird ... a thing that sang. She used to sing. He killed that too.
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