THE KEEPERS OF THE PEOPLE

THE KEEPERS

OF THE PEOPLE

EDGAR JEPSON

A critical edition of the novel of 1898

with an Introduction, Key Words, an Outline,

an Editorial Note and Notes on the text

THE KEEPERS OF THE PEOPLE

by Edgar Alfred Jepson (1863–1938)

First published London, 1898, by C. Arthur Pearson.

Copy-text: the issue of the same year for Methuen's Colonial

Library — Methuen & Co., 36 Essex Street, W.C., London, 1898;

printed by Unwin Brothers, The Gresham Press, Woking and

London. viii + 358 pp.

The novel is in the public domain. It was published before

1930 and its author died in 1938.

The text of this edition, the Introduction, the Key Words, the

Outline, the Editorial Note and the Notes were prepared from

the copy digitised by the Internet Archive as

keepersofpeople00jeps.

The Editorial Note records exactly what was done to the text

and where this edition should not be relied on.

CONTENTS

Introduction

On Reading This Edition

Key Words of the Novel

Outline of the Novel

Editorial Note

BOOK I — IN ENGLAND

BOOK II — IN VARANDALEEL

Notes