Project Gutenberg 2008-08-03 Public domain in the USA. 152 Wallace, Edgar 1875 1932 Wallace, Richard Horatio Edgar The Secret House Reading ease score: 81.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by D Alexander, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Secret House" by Edgar Wallace is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around a mysterious office building known as Cainbury House, which harbors various tenants and secrets. It introduces the central character, Poltavo, a foreigner who seeks employment with a veiled editor named Mr. Brown. Their dealings lead Poltavo into a web of scandal, blackmail, and intrigue tied to the upper classes of society. The opening of the narrative sets the stage as Poltavo navigates his way into Mr. Brown's office, where he learns about his new role managing a gossip column directed at servants. Initially portrayed as a man on the fringes of society, Poltavo quickly reveals his cunning and ambition. The plot thickens when he encounters a woman seeking to confront blackmail tied to her social status, a sign of the kind of perilous situations he may face in his new employment. This intriguing beginning signals a blend of social commentary, suspense, and the exploration of morality, making it a compelling read for fans of early detective and mystery literature. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/26176/26176-h/images/titlepage.jpg en Detective and mystery stories, English PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature 391958 391957 2024-10-11T09:07:12.470808 2023-09-11T11:34:36.408213 text/html text/html 398540 2021-01-03T22:42:37 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 170437 2021-01-03T22:42:37 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 184468 2024-10-11T09:07:18.647763 application/epub+zip 188561 2024-10-11T09:07:13.300810 application/epub+zip 188559 2024-10-11T09:07:12.868792 application/epub+zip 316653 2024-10-11T09:07:22.911235 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 279080 2024-10-11T09:07:18.138757 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 279262 2022-09-12T08:23:36.334580 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 355959 355755 2024-10-11T09:07:11.065803 2023-09-11T11:34:35.434224 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 355820 2021-01-03T22:42:37 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 132619 2021-01-03T22:42:37 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 355811 2021-01-03T22:42:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 132588 2021-01-03T22:42:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21283 2024-10-11T09:07:23.048246 application/rdf+xml 12479 2024-10-11T09:07:12.953887 image/jpeg 2472 2024-10-11T09:07:12.910806 image/jpeg 170439 2024-10-11T09:07:12.505805 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