Project Gutenberg 2012-01-09 Public domain in the USA. 123 Allen, Grant 1848 1899 Allen, Charles Grant Blairfindie The Beckoning Hand, and Other Stories The beckoning hand -- Lucretia -- The third time -- The gold Wulfric -- My uncle's will -- The two Carnegies -- Olga Davidoff's husband -- John Cann's treasure -- Isaline and I -- Professor Milliter's dilemma -- In strict confidence -- The search party's find -- Harry's inheritance. E-text prepared by Annie R. McGuire from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org) "The Beckoning Hand, and Other Stories" by Grant Allen is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The tales delve into themes of intrigue, mystery, and human relationships, featuring a diverse array of characters and situations. In this particular collection, the opening story introduces us to Harry Tristram, who becomes captivated by the enigmatic Césarine Vivian after a chance encounter at a theatre. The opening of the story focuses on a dramatic evening when Harry attends a French play with his childhood friend Irene and her mother. As he becomes intrigued by the striking Césarine, their lives are abruptly interrupted by a fire that breaks out in the theatre. While assisting Césarine in escaping the chaos, Harry feels a bizarre mix of fascination and wariness toward her. After the incident, Harry becomes unwillingly drawn into Césarine's world, setting the stage for a tumultuous relationship filled with complicated dynamics of attraction, danger, and the supernatural. This opening lays the groundwork for exploring the depths of Césarine's character and the eventual impact of her presence on Harry's life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories Horror tales Suspense fiction Mystery fiction PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 900891 900742 2024-09-16T09:00:27.157727 2023-09-17T04:12:16.971209 text/html text/html 905302 2012-01-08T23:35:55 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 388458 2012-01-08T23:41:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 467705 2024-09-16T09:00:48.128122 application/epub+zip 478036 2024-09-16T09:00:31.355698 application/epub+zip 393168 2024-09-16T09:00:29.170724 application/epub+zip 815789 2024-09-16T09:00:56.319088 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 775080 2024-09-16T09:00:46.598134 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 691037 2022-09-17T14:46:22.195201 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 793560 793449 2024-09-16T09:00:23.254963 2023-09-17T04:12:14.035212 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 793453 2012-01-08T23:31:43 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 291159 2012-01-08T23:31:43 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 793474 2012-01-08T23:31:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 291039 2012-01-08T23:31:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21281 2024-09-16T09:00:56.481048 application/rdf+xml 14020 2024-09-16T09:00:29.901686 image/jpeg 3300 2024-09-16T09:00:29.449703 image/jpeg 442907 2024-09-16T09:00:27.246723 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