A Crime of Passion | Literary Precedents

A Crime of Passion Literary Precedents

In her acknowledgments for My Gal Sunday (1996), Clark mentions her fondness for a radio show call Our Gal Sunday, which, she says, was pitched as "the story that asks the question 'Can a girl from a mining town in the West find happiness as the wife of England's richest, most handsome lord, Lord Henry Brinthrop?'"

She says, "I had a huge crush on Lord Henry and thought he and Sunday were a perfect couple." This may explain not only why Henry Parker Britland IV is named Henry and Sandra is nicknamed "Sunday," but why Henry is almost perfect in every way in "A Crime of Passion." It also helps to explain why he and Sandra live in lordly surroundings and mix with the wealthiest of the wealthy and the most powerful politicians. The former president, Henry, is lordly in that he is used to wealth and attention....
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