Project Gutenberg 2004-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 61 Various Verschillende Various, Various The Continental Classics, Volume XVIII., Mystery Tales Including Stories by Feodor Mikhailovitch Dostoyevsky, Jörgen Wilhelm Bergsöe and Bernhard Severin Ingemann See also: PG#1552 Reading ease score: 81.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. The Queen of Spades / A.S. Pushkin -- The general's will / Vera Jelihovsky -- Crime and punishment / F.M. Dostoyevsky -- The safety match / Anton Chekhoff -- Knights of industry / V.V. Krestovski -- The amputated arms / J.W. Bergsöe -- The manuscript / Otto Larssen -- The sealed room / B.S. Ingemann -- The rector of Veilbye / S.S. Blicher -- The living death / Ferencz Molnar -- Thirteen at table / Maurus Jokai -- The dancing bear / Étienne Bársony -- The tower room / Arthur Elck. Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Project Manager; Keith M. Eckrich, Post-Proofer; the Online Distributed Proofreaders Team "The Continental Classics, Volume XVIII. Mystery Tales" is a collection of mystery stories compiled from various authors, published during the early 20th century. This volume includes renowned works from celebrated authors such as Feodor Dostoevsky and Alexander Pushkin, as well as stories from lesser-known writers from Russian and Hungarian literature. The overall theme of the collection revolves around suspenseful narratives, containing intriguing plots that often explore human psychology and morality. At the start of the collection, the opening story, "The Queen of Spades" by Alexander Pushkin, sets a compelling tone. It introduces readers to a card party where the character Hermann, a young engineer, is fascinated by card games and particularly by the mystical secret of winning cards that is held by the mysterious Countess. As the narrative unfolds, Hermann becomes increasingly obsessed with learning this secret, leading him down a dark path that intertwines themes of greed, desperation, and the supernatural. The initial scenes effectively build suspense while drawing readers into the social dynamics of the characters and their intriguing interactions, hinting at moral questions that will resonate through the entire tale. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories PN Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 784654 784500 2024-10-05T16:21:32.116204 2023-10-06T04:14:49.667054 text/html text/html 784647 784493 2024-10-05T16:21:32.469167 2023-10-06T04:14:49.916059 text/html text/html 381125 2024-10-05T16:21:44.810099 application/epub+zip 393050 2024-10-05T16:21:36.623143 application/epub+zip 361002 2024-10-05T16:21:35.154174 application/epub+zip 706433 2024-10-05T16:21:51.011051 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 670133 2024-10-05T16:21:43.742120 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 505409 2022-09-06T18:59:07.934528 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 718132 718029 2024-10-05T16:21:31.426188 2023-10-06T04:14:49.165039 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 719536 2020-12-14T18:42:43 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 271728 2020-12-14T18:42:43 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 719603 2020-12-14T18:42:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 271657 2020-12-14T18:42:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21261 2024-10-05T16:21:51.144051 application/rdf+xml 17583 2024-10-05T16:21:35.698142 image/jpeg 3697 2024-10-05T16:21:35.426127 image/jpeg 376955 2024-10-05T16:21:32.535161 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog