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Title: Masterpieces of Mystery in Four Volumes: Riddle Stories
Note: Reading ease score: 78.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Contents:
The Mysterious Card / Cleveland Moffett
The Great Valdez Sapphire / Anonymous
The Oblong Box / Edgar Allan Poe
The Birth Mark / Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Terribly Strange Bed / Wilkie Collins
The Torture by Hope / Villiers de l'Isle Adam
The Box with the Iron Clamps / Florence Marryat
My Fascinating Friend / William Archer
The Lost Room / Fitz-James O'Brien.
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Summary: "Masterpieces of Mystery in Four Volumes: Riddle Stories" by Joseph Lewis French is a collection of mystery short stories edited in the early 20th century. This compilation aims to showcase the art of the riddle story, a subgenre intertwining elements of mystery and human psychology, while allowing readers to engage their intellect. The stories included represent a broad palette of authors and styles, hinting at a rich exploration of the people and situations that create mysterious conundrums. The opening portion introduces the first story, "The Mysterious Card" by Cleveland Moffett, which follows Richard Burwell, an American in Paris who receives a mysterious card from an enigmatic woman. His attempt to understand the card's cryptic message leads him into a whirlwind of strange occurrences, including evictions from hotels and a mysterious detention by police. The narrative quickly escalates as Burwell's quest for the card's meaning impacts his personal and social life, leading to suspicion and dire consequences that unravel his former stability. As the tension of the story unfolds, the reader is drawn into a spell of intrigue revolving around miscommunication, societal norms, and the search for hidden truths. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Editor: French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936
EBook No.: 29704
Published: Aug 15, 2009
Downloads: 120
Language: English
Subject: Short stories
Subject: Detective and mystery stories
Subject: Ghost stories
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Masterpieces of Mystery in Four Volumes: Riddle Stories
Note: Reading ease score: 78.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Contents:
The Mysterious Card / Cleveland Moffett
The Great Valdez Sapphire / Anonymous
The Oblong Box / Edgar Allan Poe
The Birth Mark / Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Terribly Strange Bed / Wilkie Collins
The Torture by Hope / Villiers de l'Isle Adam
The Box with the Iron Clamps / Florence Marryat
My Fascinating Friend / William Archer
The Lost Room / Fitz-James O'Brien.
Credits:
Produced by David Clarke, Mary Meehan and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https:
//www.pgdp.net
(This
file was produced from images generously made available
by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Summary: "Masterpieces of Mystery in Four Volumes: Riddle Stories" by Joseph Lewis French is a collection of mystery short stories edited in the early 20th century. This compilation aims to showcase the art of the riddle story, a subgenre intertwining elements of mystery and human psychology, while allowing readers to engage their intellect. The stories included represent a broad palette of authors and styles, hinting at a rich exploration of the people and situations that create mysterious conundrums. The opening portion introduces the first story, "The Mysterious Card" by Cleveland Moffett, which follows Richard Burwell, an American in Paris who receives a mysterious card from an enigmatic woman. His attempt to understand the card's cryptic message leads him into a whirlwind of strange occurrences, including evictions from hotels and a mysterious detention by police. The narrative quickly escalates as Burwell's quest for the card's meaning impacts his personal and social life, leading to suspicion and dire consequences that unravel his former stability. As the tension of the story unfolds, the reader is drawn into a spell of intrigue revolving around miscommunication, societal norms, and the search for hidden truths. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Editor: French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936
EBook No.: 29704
Published: Aug 15, 2009
Downloads: 120
Language: English
Subject: Short stories
Subject: Detective and mystery stories
Subject: Ghost stories
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.