Rayton: A Backwoods Mystery by Theodore Goodridge Roberts

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Author Roberts, Theodore Goodridge, 1877-1953
Illustrator Goss, John, 1886-1963
Title Rayton: A Backwoods Mystery
Note Reading ease score: 92.9 (5th grade). Very easy to read.
Credits D Alexander, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Summary "Rayton: A Backwoods Mystery" by Theodore Goodridge Roberts is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the peculiar happenings in the settlement of Samson's Mill after the arrival of Reginald Baynes Rayton. During a friendly poker game, a marked card bears two unsettling red crosses, causing distress among the players and encapsulating the community in an atmosphere punctuated by superstition and suspicion. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to Rayton and several residents of the settlement engaged in a poker game. When young David Marsh receives a card marked with red crosses, Jim Harley's curious behavior raises doubts among the players. Harley's agitation leads him to counsel Marsh to stay away from his sister, Nell, igniting a rivalry. Afterward, David faces a more immediate crisis as he suffers a canoe accident in the Teakettle River, which leaves him with a broken arm, intensifying the anxiety surrounding the card's supernatural implications and intertwining the lives of the characters with themes of love, rivalry, and hidden motivations in this rural setting. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 41122
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Apr 16, 2021
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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