Project Gutenberg 2010-01-19 Public domain in the USA. 86 Vance, Louis Joseph 1879 1933 Keller, Arthur Ignatius 1866 1924 Keller, Arthur I. Keller, A. I. (Arthur Ignatius) Keller, A.I. The Bandbox Produced by Suzanne Shell, Walt Farrell 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.) "The Bandbox" by Louis Joseph Vance is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds around Mr. Benjamin Staff, an American playwright, who is experiencing a tumultuous blend of homesickness and lovesickness while in London. The narrative introduces themes of romance and mystery, particularly surrounding a mysteriously delivered hat-box, hinting at a deeper intrigue involving relationships and personal identity. At the start of the novel, Mr. Staff finds himself in a dining room, grappling with his longing for home and a particular someone he wishes to marry. He decides to book passage back to New York but soon becomes entangled in a comedic situation when he inadvertently claims a hat-box that belongs to a young woman named Miss Eleanor Searle. As he navigates the mix-up, he also encounters a peculiar man named Mr. Iff, leading to an unexpected adventure. This opening sets the stage for a charming and humorous exploration of misconceptions, companionship, and the complexities of love. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/31021/31021-h/images/cover.jpg en Love stories Adventure stories Mystery fiction PS Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 473224 473235 2024-09-13T08:01:45.867264 2023-09-13T12:41:01.057708 text/html text/html 505744 2021-01-06T01:39:31 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 759297 2021-01-06T01:39:31 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 801657 2024-09-13T08:01:54.106212 application/epub+zip 805994 2024-09-13T08:01:47.308222 application/epub+zip 255262 2024-09-13T08:01:46.569223 application/epub+zip 961571 2024-09-13T08:01:59.065182 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 913982 2024-09-13T08:01:53.180258 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 364130 2022-09-14T09:39:57.479247 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 411687 411462 2024-09-13T08:01:44.400262 2023-09-13T12:40:59.675699 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 411536 2021-01-06T01:39:31 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 162752 2021-01-06T01:39:31 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 411527 2021-01-06T01:39:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 162703 2021-01-06T01:39:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21677 2024-09-13T08:01:59.215157 application/rdf+xml 21966 2024-09-13T08:01:46.675207 image/jpeg 4187 2024-09-13T08:01:46.622224 image/jpeg 756727 2024-09-13T08:01:45.927222 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