Project Gutenberg 2004-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 104 Nicholson, Meredith 1866 1947 Christy, Howard Chandler 1873 1952 The House of a Thousand Candles Reading ease score: 80.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Jeffrey Kraus-yao "The House of a Thousand Candles" by Meredith Nicholson is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around John Glenarm, who learns of his grandfather's death and inherits a property under strange conditions that require him to spend a year living at the unfinished Glenarm House in Indiana. The narrative explores themes of obligation, inheritance, and the complexities of family relationships as John grapples with his past while adapting to his new surroundings. At the start of the novel, John Glenarm is in Naples when he receives a letter informing him of his grandfather's death and the peculiar stipulations of his will. The will demands that he live in the mysterious and incomplete Glenarm House for one year; failure to comply would result in the estate going to a woman named Marian Devereux, a relative through a connection to a nun. John arrives at the house, encountering a complex mix of emotions as he deals with memories of his grandfather and mysterious occurrences, including an apparent assassination attempt. Through the opening chapters, his interactions with the enigmatic caretaker Bates and the intriguing landscape hint at deeper secrets surrounding his inheritance, capturing the reader's interest in the unfolding story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Inheritance and succession -- Fiction Indiana -- Fiction Mystery and detective stories PS Text Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923 Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: History - American Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 503877 502944 2024-10-05T17:57:54.890361 2023-10-06T05:28:19.296545 text/html text/html 523065 2020-12-14T22:51:00 text/html; charset=utf-8 352828 2020-12-14T22:51:00 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 434225 2024-10-05T17:58:04.517321 application/epub+zip 441349 2024-10-05T17:57:58.389341 application/epub+zip 260358 2024-10-05T17:57:56.918332 application/epub+zip 681859 2024-10-05T17:58:09.475772 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 649018 2024-10-05T17:58:03.736312 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 436223 2022-09-06T20:45:09.709484 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 491984 491972 2024-10-05T17:57:53.223355 2023-10-06T05:28:17.896502 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 493355 2020-12-14T22:51:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 187141 2020-12-14T22:51:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 21296 2024-10-05T17:58:09.976769 application/rdf+xml 14141 2024-10-05T17:57:57.681320 image/jpeg 3367 2024-10-05T17:57:57.397322 image/jpeg 422431 2024-10-05T17:57:54.947491 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 en.wikipedia en.wikipedia