Project Gutenberg 2012-01-25 Public domain in the USA. 103 Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) 1865 1948 Mason, Alfred Edward Woodley The Four Corners of the World The clock -- Green paint -- North of the Tropic of Capricorn -- One of them -- Raymond Byatt -- The crystal trench -- The house of terror -- The brown book -- The refuge -- Peiffer -- The ebony box -- The affair at the Semiramis Hotel -- Under Bignor Hill. Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by the Web Archive "The Four Corners of the World" by A. E. W. Mason is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story appears to blend elements of mystery and drama, centering around interpersonal relationships complicated by dark circumstances. The narrative hints at themes of ambition, jealousy, and perhaps even betrayal, as various characters navigate their connections with one another amidst troubling events. The opening of the novel introduces Mr. Twiss, a solicitor, who is concerned about his client Archie Cranfield, who has recently acquired a peculiar reputation for maintaining a solitary lifestyle in a remote house. Following a strange incident involving Captain Brayton, a friend of Cranfield, the plot thickens when Brayton's mysterious death leads to a complex web of relationships and implications. Twiss's unease deepens after he receives a telegram from Cranfield asking for urgent help, prompting him to return to the ominous house. The tension escalates with the discovery of Cranfield’s grim fate and the unclear motivations that surround the characters, setting the stage for a gripping tale filled with suspense and intrigue. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories Detective and mystery stories, English Great Britain -- History -- Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D. -- Drama PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 662110 655898 2024-09-16T09:44:25.357633 2023-09-17T04:49:41.827714 text/html text/html 670787 2021-01-08T11:40:27 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 225856 2021-01-08T11:40:27 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 281626 2024-09-16T09:44:34.647542 application/epub+zip 290262 2024-09-16T09:44:27.376615 application/epub+zip 290261 2024-09-16T09:44:26.224638 application/epub+zip 519706 2024-09-16T09:44:39.889517 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 490046 2024-09-16T09:44:33.775585 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 490256 2022-09-17T15:41:01.470086 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 582386 582333 2024-09-16T09:44:23.211610 2023-09-17T04:49:39.904729 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 582293 2021-01-08T11:40:27 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 217686 2021-01-08T11:40:27 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 582287 2021-01-08T11:40:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 217628 2021-01-08T11:40:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21308 2024-09-16T09:44:40.037518 application/rdf+xml 13485 2024-09-16T09:44:26.606593 image/jpeg 3457 2024-09-16T09:44:26.412608 image/jpeg 273573 2024-09-16T09:44:25.410624 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