Project Gutenberg 2013-01-06 Public domain in the USA. 74 Herbert, A. P. (Alan Patrick) 1890 1971 Herbert, Alan Patrick, Sir The House by the River Produced by Greg Bergquist, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The House by the River" by A. P. Herbert is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story is set in a close-knit community called Hammerton Chase, where residents gather at the Whittakers' home to discuss life, art, and domesticity. Central to the narrative is Stephen Byrne, a successful poet whose seemingly idyllic life begins to unravel after a tragic incident involving their maid, Emily Gaunt. At the start of the story, the Whittakers' Wednesday gathering is underway, filled with discussions and socializing among the guests, as Stephen Byrne arrives home in high spirits after a successful evening. However, the atmosphere shifts drastically when a heated encounter with Emily results in her unintended death. As Stephen grapples with the implications of his actions, his friend John Egerton arrives, and they are thrown into a frantic situation where they must cover up the incident. The opening highlights the stark contrast between the ordinary social life of Hammerton Chase and the dark turn of events that challenges both Stephen's morality and his sense of normalcy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41791/41791-h/images/cover.jpg en Murder -- Fiction Poets -- Fiction London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 401404 401413 2024-09-17T13:37:14.994965 2023-09-18T08:27:29.399282 text/html text/html 401961 2013-01-22T12:11:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 305555 2013-01-22T12:11:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 325937 2024-09-17T13:37:19.584955 application/epub+zip 331037 2024-09-17T13:37:15.693964 application/epub+zip 210670 2024-09-17T13:37:15.339949 application/epub+zip 442498 2024-09-17T13:37:22.962925 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 418927 2024-09-17T13:37:19.262966 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 299002 2022-09-19T06:39:15.557432 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 388054 387850 2024-09-17T13:37:14.549951 2023-09-18T08:27:29.011282 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 387909 2013-01-22T12:10:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 148902 2013-01-22T12:11:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 387902 2013-01-22T12:10:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 148846 2013-01-22T12:11:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20947 2024-09-17T13:37:23.104906 application/rdf+xml 13253 2024-09-17T13:37:15.419961 image/jpeg 2066 2024-09-17T13:37:15.379974 image/jpeg 307414 2024-09-17T13:37:15.034995 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