Project Gutenberg 2004-11-21 Public domain in the USA. 193 Falkner, John Meade 1858 1932 Falkner, J. Meade (John Meade) The Lost Stradivarius Reading ease score: 61.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Melissa Er-Raqabi, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Lost Stradivarius" by John Meade Falkner is a novel written during the late 19th century. The story revolves around John Maltravers, a talented violinist and student at Oxford, who encounters mysterious occurrences linked to an ancient piece of music and a ghostly figure who seems to be listening to his performances. The narrative explores themes of art, music, and the supernatural, weaving a tale filled with intrigue and suspense. The opening of the novel introduces John Maltravers as a young man at Oxford in the early 1840s. It begins with a letter from his aunt, Sophia Maltravers, addressing significant events regarding his father that she plans to recount. As John navigates his life at university, he becomes involved in music with his friend William Gaskell, where strange occurrences, including the creaking of a wicker chair, are triggered while they play a peculiar piece of music called the "Gagliarda." It becomes apparent that these occurrences are tied to an unseen presence that seems to be drawn to the music. As John deepens his attachment to this melody, the narrative hints at darker implications, setting a tone of suspense and foreshadowing as the story unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Musical fiction PR Text Horror Browsing: Literature Browsing: Music Browsing: Fiction 316343 315454 2024-10-06T11:20:51.109153 2023-10-06T11:48:35.790986 text/html text/html 313447 2020-12-18T17:40:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 116464 2020-12-18T17:40:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 189880 2024-10-06T11:20:58.223138 application/epub+zip 195061 2024-10-06T11:20:54.020161 application/epub+zip 177958 2024-10-06T11:20:52.822151 application/epub+zip 353157 2024-10-06T11:21:01.717127 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 333005 2024-10-06T11:20:57.493123 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 307112 2022-09-07T14:36:52.584830 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 302118 302020 2024-10-06T11:20:50.644157 2023-10-06T11:48:35.436014 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 301837 2020-12-18T17:40:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 113548 2020-12-18T17:40:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 301853 2020-12-18T17:40:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 113540 2020-12-18T17:40:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21684 2024-10-06T11:21:01.847112 application/rdf+xml 13100 2024-10-06T11:20:53.368165 image/jpeg 3435 2024-10-06T11:20:53.091139 image/jpeg 187204 2024-10-06T11:20:51.137188 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