Project Gutenberg 2012-12-10 Public domain in the USA. 55 Hawthorne, Julian 1846 1934 The Laughing Mill, and Other Stories Reading ease score: 77.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. The laughing mill -- Calbot's rival -- Mrs. Gainsborough's diamonds -- The Christmas guest: a myth. E-text prepared by sp1nd, eagkw, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org) "The Laughing Mill, and Other Stories" by Julian Hawthorne is a collection of supernatural tales written in the late 19th century. The opening of one story transports the reader to a tranquil farmhouse by the sea where a sailor, Jack Poyntz, shares his life with his daughter Agatha and someone who appears to be the story's narrator. The narrative hints at intertwining themes of mystery and the supernatural, particularly through a pearl-shell necklace worn by Agatha, which may be linked to the narrator's family heritage and a long-lost heirloom. At the start of the tale, the narrator reflects on a summer afternoon spent at the Poyntz farmhouse, vividly describing the idyllic setting and characters. Jack Poyntz, a jovial old mariner, enjoys a peaceful moment with his daughter Agatha and the narrator after dinner. The conversation hints at local legends involving the "Devil's Ribs," a dangerous reef nearby, which leads to discussions about shipwrecks and Agatha's peculiar pearl-shell necklace. The narrator feels drawn to Agatha, intrigued not only by her beauty but by the necklace that resembles a family heirloom. As more secrets and stories unfold, notably concerning the mysterious past surrounding the necklace and the ghostly "Laughing Mill,” the opening prepares the reader for a blend of romance and supernatural intrigue. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41592/41592-h/images/cover.jpg en American fiction -- 19th century PS Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 474796 474580 2024-10-17T13:02:08.545700 2023-09-18T07:14:23.947629 text/html text/html 495242 2012-12-09T21:59:30 text/html 252880 2012-12-09T22:02:26 text/html application/zip 269245 2024-10-17T13:02:15.178544 application/epub+zip 272969 2024-10-17T13:02:09.833534 application/epub+zip 267827 2024-10-17T13:02:09.258710 application/epub+zip 400279 2024-10-17T13:02:19.538506 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 365887 2024-10-17T13:02:14.533640 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 360995 2022-09-19T04:54:20.464634 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 430035 429871 2024-10-17T13:02:07.753583 2023-09-18T07:14:23.143633 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 429719 2012-12-09T21:54:19 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 169245 2012-12-09T21:54:19 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 429730 2012-12-09T21:54:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 169212 2012-12-09T21:54:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21856 2024-10-17T13:02:19.697485 application/rdf+xml 14533 2024-10-17T13:02:09.349688 image/jpeg 2263 2024-10-17T13:02:09.304540 image/jpeg 247728 2024-10-17T13:02:08.590572 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