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'''''The Lost Stradivarius''''' (1895), by [[J. Meade Falkner]], is a short novel of ghosts and the evil that can be invested in an object, in this case an extremely fine [[Stradivarius]] violin. It has been described as "one of Falkner's three celebrated novels" and as a "psychic romance".<ref>''XIX Century Fiction'', Part I, A–K (Jarndyce, Bloomsbury, 2019).</ref>


==Plot==
'''''The Lost Stradivarius''''' (1895), by [[J. Meade Falkner]], is a short novel of ghosts and the evil that can be invested in an object, in this case an extremely fine [[Stradivarius]] violin. After finding the violin of the title in a hidden compartment in his college rooms, the protagonist, a wealthy young heir, becomes increasingly secretive as well as obsessed by a particular piece of music, which seems to have the power to call up the [[ghost]] of its previous owner. Roaming from England to Italy, the story involves family love, lordly depravity, and the tragedy of obsession, all conveyed in a "high" serious tone not uncommon in late [[Victorian literature]]. Preceding [[M.R. James]]'s ghost stories by several years, it has been called the novel James might have written, had he written novels.
After finding the violin of the title in a hidden compartment in his college rooms, the protagonist, a wealthy young heir, becomes increasingly secretive as well as obsessed by a particular piece of music, which seems to have the power to call up the [[ghost]] of the violin's previous owner. Roaming from England to Italy, the story involves family love, lordly depravity, and the tragedy of obsession, all conveyed in a "high" serious tone not uncommon in late [[Victorian literature]]. Preceding {{nowrap|[[M. R. James]]'s}} ghost stories by several years, it has been called the novel James might have written, had he written novels.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bleiler |first=Everett |authorlink=Everett F. Bleiler |title=The Checklist of Fantastic Literature |location=Chicago |publisher=Shasta Publishers |year=1948 |page=112}}
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==Broadcast==
This story was adapted as the first episode of the ATV produced ITV horror anthology series ''[[Mystery and Imagination]]'', broadcast on 29 January 1966. All known copies of the episode were [[Lost television broadcast#Wiping|wiped or destroyed]], and only a complete low-quality audio recording is known to exist.
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==External links==

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*{{gutenberg|no=14107|name=The Lost Stradivarius}}
In August 2008, a [[Joanna David]] reading of the novel was broadcast on [[BBC Radio 7]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lost Stradivarius by J Meade Falkner |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00czghv |website=[[BBC Online]] |accessdate=30 December 2020}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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*{{cite book | last=Bleiler | first=Everett | authorlink=Everett F. Bleiler | title=The Checklist of Fantastic Literature | location=Chicago | publisher=Shasta Publishers | pages=112 | date=1948}}


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*{{Gutenberg|no=14107|name=The Lost Stradivarius}}
*{{librivox book |title=The Lost Stradivarius |author=John Meade FALKNER}}
*{{Cite web |url=https://vulpeslibris.wordpress.com/2014/01/10/the-lost-stradivarius-by-j-meade-falkner/ |title=Review: The Lost Stradivarius, by J Meade Falkner |publisher=Vulpes Libris Blog |date=2014-01-10}}
*{{Cite web |url=http://projectgutenbergproject.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/review-lost-stradivarius-by-john-meade.html |last=Brandstatter |first=Tasha |title=Review: The Lost Stradivarius by John Meade Falkner |publisher=The Project Gutenberg Project |date=2012-05-20}}
*{{Cite web |url=http://teleread.com/book-review-lost-stradivarius-john-meade-falkner/ |last=Mackintosh |first=Paul St James |title=Book review: The Lost Stradivarius, by John Meade Falkner |publisher=TeleRead.com |date=2015-04-11}}
*{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/book-of-a-lifetime-the-lost-stradivarius-by-j-meade-falkner-8706118.html |last=Tallis |first=F. R. |title=Book of a lifetime: The Lost Stradivarius, By J Meade Falkner |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=2013-07-13}}


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Latest revision as of 19:31, 4 February 2024

The Lost Stradivarius
Cover of the first edition
AuthorJ. Meade Falkner
SpracheEnglisch
GenreHorror novel
PublisherWilliam Blackwood
Publication date
1895
Publication placeVereinigtes Königreich
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages296 pp

The Lost Stradivarius (1895), by J. Meade Falkner, is a short novel of ghosts and the evil that can be invested in an object, in this case an extremely fine Stradivarius violin. It has been described as "one of Falkner's three celebrated novels" and as a "psychic romance".[1]

Plot

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After finding the violin of the title in a hidden compartment in his college rooms, the protagonist, a wealthy young heir, becomes increasingly secretive as well as obsessed by a particular piece of music, which seems to have the power to call up the ghost of the violin's previous owner. Roaming from England to Italy, the story involves family love, lordly depravity, and the tragedy of obsession, all conveyed in a "high" serious tone not uncommon in late Victorian literature. Preceding M. R. James's ghost stories by several years, it has been called the novel James might have written, had he written novels.[2]

Broadcast

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This story was adapted as the first episode of the ATV produced ITV horror anthology series Mystery and Imagination, broadcast on 29 January 1966. All known copies of the episode were wiped or destroyed, and only a complete low-quality audio recording is known to exist.

In August 2008, a Joanna David reading of the novel was broadcast on BBC Radio 7.[3]

References

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  1. ^ XIX Century Fiction, Part I, A–K (Jarndyce, Bloomsbury, 2019).
  2. ^ Bleiler, Everett (1948). The Checklist of Fantastic Literature. Chicago: Shasta Publishers. p. 112.
  3. ^ "The Lost Stradivarius by J Meade Falkner". BBC Online. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
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