I took an immense dislike to the lead characters in this story. They're basically a bunch of privileged jerks interested only in their personal leisure and their money. The law is a minor inconvenience and avenging spoken insults is worth more than a human life. The One Percenters of their day.
By The Australian Panther
[I took an immense dislike to the lead characters in this story. They're basically a bunch of privileged jerks interested only in their personal leisure and their money. The law is a minor inconvenience and avenging spoken insults is worth more than a human life. The One Percenters of their day. ] Well, many of the rich and privileged still behave like that today. If you feel that way, if the story has an emotional effect on you, the writer has been successful, because that is obviously his point. Hardcastle is the man who realizes his folly and grows up matures and becomes a man. Barrymore represents corruption.
Personally what disappoints me is the demonizing of Gypsies, which, in countries where you find them still occurs today.
If a story makes you emotionally involved with it, the writer has been successful.
By crashryan
Panther, what irks me about the story is that the hero, Jack, doesn't learn anything from his experiences. When hot-headed Harry is believed to have murdered a man, Jack is interested not in determining the truth or giving Harry a fair trial. Jack covers for him because Harry is his beloved's brother. When Jack fights O'Rourke he still doesn't know O'Rourke was the real killer. He fights O'Rourke because O'Rourke is a bounder who pressured Harry into forcing Caroline to marry the villainous Irishman. Apparently duelling is illegal, because "there will be trouble" for Jack over killing O'Rourke. Instead of manfully facing the consequences Jack decides to skip town until the whole thing blows over. His family, his new wife, and his hangers-on agree that's a great idea and cheer Jack's keeping his property and protecting his inheritance. Even Lord Barrymore, a cheat and a thorough scoundrel, isn't put on trial for his misdeeds. He loses his fortune, and that's what is important. We're obviously supposed to feel sympathy, even respect, for Jack, but I'm not buying.
You're right about scapegoating the Gypsies. This happens in other Thriller Library adaptations.
Wikipedia says "Ben Bolt" was the pen name of one Ottwell Binns (1872-1935), who published a raft of novels both as Bolt and under his own name. He started writing in 1917 and must have created a backlog because his novels continued appearing for four years after his death.
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