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THREE VOLUMES  \u003Cbr>yOLUME 】  \u003Cbr>THE SHADOWOF  \u003Cbr>A CRIME  \u003Cbr>THE DEEMSTER  \u003Cbr>BY  \u003Cbr>HALL CAINE  \u003Cbr>ILLUSTRATED  \u003Cbr>P.F.COLLIER &SON  \u003Cbr>NEW YORK   |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |\n\n# PREFACE\n\nTHE central incident of this novel is that most extraordinary of allpunishments known to English criminal law,the peine forte et dure.The story is not,however,in any sense historical.A sketchy back-ground of stirring history is introduced solely in order to heightenthe personal danger of a brave man.The interest is domestic,and,perhaps,in some degree psychological.Around a pathetic piece of oldjurisprudence I have gathered a mass of Cumbrian folk-lore and folk-talk with which I have been familiar from earliest youth.To smeltand mold the chaotic memories into an organism such as may serve,among other uses,to give a view of Cumbrian life in little,has beenthe work of one year.  \nThe story,which is now first presented as a whole,has already hada career in the newspapers,and the interest it excited in those quartershas come upon me as a surprise.I was hardly prepared to find thatmy plain russet-coated dalesmen were in touch with popular sympathy;but they have made me many friends.'To me they are very dear,forI have lived their lifeIt is with no affected regret that I am nowparting with these companions to make way for a group of youngercomrades.  \nThere is one thing to say which will make it worth while to troublethe reader with this preface.A small portion of the dialogue is writtenin a much modified form of the Cumbrian dialect.There are fourvariations of dialect in Cumberland,and perhaps the dialect spoken onthe west coast differs more from the dialect spoken in the ThirlmereValley than the latter differs from the dialect spoken in North Lanca-shire.The patois problem is not the least serious of the many difficul-ties the novelist encounters.I have chosen to give a broad outline ofthe Cumbrian dialect,such as bears no more exact relation to theactual speech than a sketch bears to a finished picture.It is right asfar as it goes.  \nA word as to the background of history.I shall look for the sym-pathy of the artist and the forgiveness of the historian in making twoor three trifing legal anachronisms that do not interfere with the inter-1(1Vol I.  \nPREFACE  \nest of the narrative.The year of the story is given,but the aim hasbeen to refect in these pages the black cloud of the whole period of theRestoration as it hung over England's remotest solitudes.In my rudesketch of the beginnings of the Quaker movement I must disclaim anyintention of depicting the precise manners or indicating the exact doc-trinal beliefs of the revivalists.If,however,I have described theQuakers as singing and praying with the fervor of the Methodists,itmust not be forgotten that Quietism was no salient part of the Quaker-ism of Fox;and if I have hinted at Calvinism,it must be rememberedthat the“dividing of God's heritage”was one of the causes of the firstschism in the Quaker society.H.C.","cbCaisxghNqYG84y","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisxghNqYG84y","pdf",30503320,556,"English","# PREFACE\n## Central incident and narrative purpose\n## Cumbrian folk-lore and domestic/psychological focus\n## Dialect variations and patois approach\n## Historical background and legal anachronisms","[{\"question\":\"What is the central incident of the novel described in the preface?\",\"answer\":\"The preface states the central incident concerns the peine forte et dure, a punishment known to English criminal law.\"},{\"question\":\"Is the story meant to be historically accurate?\",\"answer\":\"No. The preface says the story is not historical, even though a sketchy background of stirring history is included to heighten personal danger.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the author discuss dialect and its use in the dialogue?\",\"answer\":\"The author explains that a small portion of the 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