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Title: The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English

Note: Reading ease score: 80.8 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Contents: Rudyard Kipling: -- My Own True Ghost Story -- The Sending of Dana Da -- In the House of Suddhoo -- His Wedded Wife -- A. Conan Doyle: A Case of Identity -- A Scandal in Bohemia -- The Red-Headed League -- Egerton Castle: The Baron's Quarry -- Stanley J. Weyman: The Fowl in the Pot -- Robert Louis Stevenson: The Pavilion on the Links -- Wilkie Collins: The Dream Woman -- Anonymous: The Lost Duchess -- The Minor Canon -- The Pipe -- The Puzzle -- The Great Valdez Sapphire

Credits: Produced by Don Lainson. Text file originally posted in
January, 2000 with an html conversion added by Walter
Deboeuf in 2003. The present text and html files were
produced by Suzanne Shell, M, and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at https: //www.pgdp.net;

Summary: "The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English" edited by Julian Hawthorne is a collection of classic mystery and detective stories compiled in the early 20th century. This anthology features notable authors such as Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, and Wilkie Collins, showcasing suspenseful tales that delve into crime, the supernatural, and the intricacies of human nature. The book offers a glimpse into the genre’s evolution, reflecting social conditions and the human psyche through its distinctive narratives. The opening of the anthology provides a vivid introduction to a spectral tale by Rudyard Kipling called "My Own True Ghost Story," where the protagonist encounters eerie happenings in a dilapidated dâk-bungalow in India. The protagonist narrates experiences filled with tension and atmospheric dread, detailing ghostly sounds and the unsettling presence of unseen entities during a stormy night. These initial sketches set the tone for the collection, weaving themes of fear, the unknown, and the human response to uncanny events, while establishing a sense of place and cultural backdrop essential to many of the stories included in the anthology. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contributor: Castle, Egerton, 1858-1920

Contributor: Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889

Contributor: Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930

Contributor: Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936

Contributor: Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894

Contributor: Weyman, Stanley John, 1855-1928

Editor: Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934

EBook No.: 2038

Published: Jun 4, 2005

Downloads: 452

Language: English

Subject: Fiction

Subject: Short stories

Subject: Detective and mystery stories, English

LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

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Title: The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English

Note: Reading ease score: 80.8 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Contents: Rudyard Kipling: -- My Own True Ghost Story -- The Sending of Dana Da -- In the House of Suddhoo -- His Wedded Wife -- A. Conan Doyle: A Case of Identity -- A Scandal in Bohemia -- The Red-Headed League -- Egerton Castle: The Baron's Quarry -- Stanley J. Weyman: The Fowl in the Pot -- Robert Louis Stevenson: The Pavilion on the Links -- Wilkie Collins: The Dream Woman -- Anonymous: The Lost Duchess -- The Minor Canon -- The Pipe -- The Puzzle -- The Great Valdez Sapphire

Credits: Produced by Don Lainson. Text file originally posted in
January, 2000 with an html conversion added by Walter
Deboeuf in 2003. The present text and html files were
produced by Suzanne Shell, M, and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at https: //www.pgdp.net;

Summary: "The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English" edited by Julian Hawthorne is a collection of classic mystery and detective stories compiled in the early 20th century. This anthology features notable authors such as Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, and Wilkie Collins, showcasing suspenseful tales that delve into crime, the supernatural, and the intricacies of human nature. The book offers a glimpse into the genre’s evolution, reflecting social conditions and the human psyche through its distinctive narratives. The opening of the anthology provides a vivid introduction to a spectral tale by Rudyard Kipling called "My Own True Ghost Story," where the protagonist encounters eerie happenings in a dilapidated dâk-bungalow in India. The protagonist narrates experiences filled with tension and atmospheric dread, detailing ghostly sounds and the unsettling presence of unseen entities during a stormy night. These initial sketches set the tone for the collection, weaving themes of fear, the unknown, and the human response to uncanny events, while establishing a sense of place and cultural backdrop essential to many of the stories included in the anthology. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contributor: Castle, Egerton, 1858-1920

Contributor: Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889

Contributor: Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930

Contributor: Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936

Contributor: Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894

Contributor: Weyman, Stanley John, 1855-1928

Editor: Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934

EBook No.: 2038

Published: Jun 4, 2005

Downloads: 452

Language: English

Subject: Fiction

Subject: Short stories

Subject: Detective and mystery stories, English

LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.