''A Pin to See the Peepshow'' is a 1934
novel by
F. Tennyson Jesse, based on the 1922
Thompson–Bywaters murder case.
Plot
Julia Almond grows up in suburban poverty in
Edwardian
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London
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. She longs for a better life, but makes an ill-advised marriage during the
First World War
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.
Reception
Sarah Waters
Sarah Ann Waters (born 21 July 1966) is a Welsh novelist. She is best known for her novels set in Victorian society and featuring lesbian protagonists, such as '' Tipping the Velvet'' and '' Fingersmith''.
Life and education
Early life
Sa ...
has praised ''A Pin to See the Peepshow'', writing "rarely, it seemed to me, had I been plunged by a piece of fiction into an emotional world so vivid, so complete, so convincingly untidy."
Adaptations
''A Pin to See the Peepshow'' was adapted into a play by Jesse and
H. M. Harwood in 1951. It was refused a licence by the
Lord Chamberlain
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and so premiered at a drama club. In 1953 it showed at the
Playhouse Theatre, Broadway.
In 1973 it was adapted into a four-part TV series by the
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