'The Goddess: A Demon' Summary

The novel is a first person account by John Ferguson of his friend Edwin Lawrence's brutal murder, the beautiful woman who dropped through his window on the same night and the subsequent quest to solve the murder. Along the way Ferguson encounters threats he never expected and supernatural aspects he never imagined.

The Goddess: a Demon was published at the turn of the twentieth century and the novel addresses the discomfort that came with the uncertainty of the changing of the decades. It also reflects the threat of the Imperial system that Britain had created in India. The New Woman is represented and cast in a negative light and viewed as a threat to traditional British society.