Project Gutenberg 2012-02-25 Public domain in the USA. 87 Futrelle, Jacques 1875 1912 Grefé, Will Grefe, Will Poucher, E. A. 06039731 The Chase of the Golden Plate Part 1. The burglar and the girl -- Part 2. The girl and the plate -- Part 3. The thinking machine. Produced by David Starner, JoAnn Greenwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) "The Chase of the Golden Plate" by Jacques Futrelle is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative sets off at a lavish masked ball attended by an eclectic mix of historical and fictional characters. The story quickly introduces a Burglar, who cleverly navigates through the festivities, hinting at an underlying plot involving theft and deception. The opening of the book unfolds with a vibrant description of the masked ball, setting a whimsical yet suspenseful atmosphere as the characters mingle. The Burglar's arrival captures the attention of key figures, including Cardinal Richelieu and the Mikado, while he jests about his intentions. As the scene progresses, the plot hints at a deeper conspiracy when a mysterious girl known as the Girl of the Golden West interacts with him, suggesting preparations for a secretive venture. This intriguing start establishes a blend of adventure and romance, creating significant anticipation for what will transpire as the tale of the stolen gold plate unravels. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories, American Robbery -- Fiction Van Dusen, Augustus S. F. X. (Fictitious character) -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 233041 233044 2024-09-16T11:31:12.166172 2023-09-17T06:22:35.575746 text/html text/html 232433 2021-01-08T14:43:41 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1032570 2021-01-08T14:43:41 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 997218 2024-09-16T11:31:17.840109 application/epub+zip 1000487 2024-09-16T11:31:13.648159 application/epub+zip 134987 2024-09-16T11:31:12.743131 application/epub+zip 1131125 2024-09-16T11:31:21.192123 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1106341 2024-09-16T11:31:17.224115 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 244652 2022-09-17T17:53:46.965458 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 213317 213108 2024-09-16T11:31:11.252166 2023-09-17T06:22:34.869705 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 213101 2021-01-08T14:43:41 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 77777 2021-01-08T14:43:41 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 213094 2021-01-08T14:43:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 77745 2021-01-08T14:43:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21412 2024-09-16T11:31:21.358091 application/rdf+xml 11887 2024-09-16T11:31:13.117148 image/jpeg 2934 2024-09-16T11:31:12.934144 image/jpeg 1103970 2024-09-16T11:31:12.245142 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