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An edition of The scapegoat (1900)

The scapegoat

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Someone jolted my elbow as I drank and said, 'Je vous demande pardon, ' and as I moved to give him space he turned and stared at me and I at him, and I realized, with a strange sense of shock and fear and nausea all combined, that his face and voice were known to me too well.I was looking at myself."Two men--one English, the other French--meet by chance in a provincial railway station and are astounded that they are so much alike that they could easily pass for each other. Over the course of a long evening, they talk and drink. It is not until he awakes the next day that John, the Englishman, realizes that he may have spoken too much. His French companion is gone, having stolen his identity. For his part, John has no choice but to take the Frenchman's place--as master of a chateau, director of a failing business, head of a large and embittered family, and keeper of too many secrets.Loaded with suspense and crackling wit, "The Scapegoat" tells the double story of the attempts by John, the imposter, to escape detection by the family, servants, and several mistresses of his alter ego, and of his constant and frustrating efforts to unravel the mystery of the enigmatic past that dominates the existence of all who live in the chateau.

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Cover of: The Scapegoat
The Scapegoat
April 1, 2004, Virago Press Ltd
Paperback - New Ed edition
Cover of: The scapegoat
The scapegoat
1970, Penguin
Paperback in English
Cover of: The scapegoat
The scapegoat
1957, Doubleday
Hardcover in English - [1st ed.]

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London

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Cover Art
Charles Raymond

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Paperback

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Open Library
OL48588121M
ISBN 10
0140017232

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