Project Gutenberg 2013-06-10 Public domain in the USA. 54 Farjeon, B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) 1833 1903 Farjeon, Benjamin Leopold Great Porter Square: A Mystery. v. 1 Produced by eagkw, Robert Cicconetti and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Great Porter Square: A Mystery" by B. L. Farjeon is a novel likely written in the late 19th century. The story centers around the unsettling events following a murder in a lodging house at No. 119 Great Porter Square, which deeply impacts the life of Mrs. James Preedy, the proprietor of the neighboring lodging house at No. 118. As the mystery unfolds, readers encounter a variety of characters, including the accused breath of intrigue, Antony Cowlrick, whose life becomes intertwined with the tragic events. The opening of the novel introduces Mrs. Preedy, a widow who manages her lodgings with a mix of perseverance and fear amid personal and financial troubles. Late at night, she is haunted by the news of a murder committed in the adjacent house, where a stranger was killed under mysterious circumstances. As she navigates her anxiety and the police's investigation, the narrative hints at the complexity of her social environment populated by a diverse cast of lodgers and the ominous atmosphere that pervades her life. With layers of social commentary and character introspection, this tale sets the stage for an escalating mystery that promises to engage readers with its suspense and poignant reflections on human nature. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42905/42905-h/images/cover.jpg en Fiction Detective and mystery stories PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 322675 322681 2024-09-18T05:47:48.043813 2023-09-18T14:05:44.456508 text/html text/html 335382 2013-09-21T11:16:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 228695 2013-09-21T11:16:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 251150 2024-09-18T05:47:53.755760 application/epub+zip 252158 2024-09-18T05:47:49.274784 application/epub+zip 185837 2024-09-18T05:47:48.715812 application/epub+zip 364725 2024-09-18T05:47:57.292734 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 326071 2024-09-18T05:47:53.178753 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 253690 2022-09-19T15:10:56.726380 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 278765 278544 2024-09-18T05:47:47.258806 2023-09-18T14:05:43.654539 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 278497 2013-09-21T11:14:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 104718 2013-09-21T11:16:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 278488 2013-09-21T11:03:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 104684 2013-09-21T11:16:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20662 2024-09-18T05:47:57.435728 application/rdf+xml 16280 2024-09-18T05:47:48.814782 image/jpeg 2407 2024-09-18T05:47:48.764779 image/jpeg 227652 2024-09-18T05:47:48.087795 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