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A cruel judge in the Court of Common Pleas, Elijah Harbottle, finds himself under attack by vengeful spirits, and in a disturbing dream he is condemned to death by a monstrous doppelgänger. The story is set between 1746 and 1748 and is retold by a Londoner, called Anthony Harman, from the account related in letters by an elderly friend.
"Mr. Justice Harbottle" "The Familiar" Reception. New York Times reviewer D. C. Russell wrote that although Le Fanu's storytelling skills were impressive, "the end of ...
E. F. Benson stated that Le Fanu's stories "Green Tea", "The Familiar", and "Mr. Justice Harbottle" "are instinct with an awfulness which custom cannot stale, and this quality is due, as in The Turn of the Screw [by Henry James], to Le Fanu's admirably artistic methods in setting and narration". Benson added, "[Le Fanu's] best work is of the ...
Michael Harbottle (1917–1997), British army officer and peace campaigner; Jeremiah Harbottle, character of deputy stationmaster in 1937 film Oh, Mr Porter! Elijah Harbottle, character of judge in the Sheridan Le Fanu short story "Mr. Justice Harbottle", collected in In a Glass Darkly (1872)
Hogarth's representation of Willes has been suggested as the inspiration for the character of Mr. Justice Harbottle in Sheridan Le Fanu's In a Glass Darkly (1872). The motto of the Order of the Garter " Honi soit qui mal y pense " below the King's Arms has been deliberately cut off in Hogarth's composition leaving only the evil thoughts of ...
WASHINGTON – Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith’s report on the Jan. 6 investigation marked the final chapter in a four-year story of a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol ...
Mr Justice Gerald Graves (Robin Bailey) (Series 4–7): Another in a long line of judges who dislikes Rumpole's courtroom theatrics. Privately referred to by Rumpole as "Mr. Justice Gravestone", and once referred to as "Mr. Injustice Death's Head". Originally merely Judge Graves, elevated to high court status in the series 6 episode "Rumpole at ...
Characters: Mrs Hall, Mr Mount, Mr Scargill, Deborah Mount, Wesley Binks, Mrs Binks, Mr Jenkins, Mr Weeting, Brian Weeting, Dennis Weeting. "Robert Hardy did such lovely things with his performance," remembered Paul Clayton, who played Brian Weeting. "I can remember him giving us that look after we tell him that we are off to war.