We, the Accused explained

We, the Accused
Author:	Ernest Raymond
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Genre:	Crime
Publisher:	Cassell (UK) Stokes (US)
Release Date:	1935
Media Type:	Print

We, the Accused is a 1935 crime novel by the British writer Ernest Raymond. It is inspired by the Edwardian era Doctor Crippen case.^[1] The novel is written to engage the reader's sympathy for the murderous protagonists.^[2]

Synopsis

Schoolteacher Paul Presset lives with his domineering wife. When he realises there is a chance of finding happiness with a kinder woman, his thoughts turn increasingly to murder.

Adaptation

In 1980, it was made into a five-part television series of the same name, starring Ian Holm, Angela Down and Iain Cuthbertson.^[3]

Bibliography

• Baskin, Ellen. Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press, 1996.
• Dalrymple, Roger. Crippen: A Crime Sensation in Memory and Modernity. Boydell & Brewer, 2020.
• Hilfer, Tony. The Crime Novel: A Deviant Genre. University of Texas Press, 2014.
• Priestman, Martin . The Cambridge Companion to Crime Fiction. Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Notes and References

1. Dalrymple p.184
2. Priestman p.147
3. Baskin p.175