Dark House ,The

By Fenn, George Manville

Book Id: WPLBN0002951710
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Reproduction Date: 2008

Title:	Dark House ,The
Author:	Fenn, George Manville
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Fiction, Mystery
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Dark House ,The
Historic Publication Date:	1885
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Manville Fenn, B. G. (1885). Dark House ,The. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
An extremely wealthy but reclusive man has died, leaving an eccentric will which hints at great riches hidden somewhere in the house. Most of the people at the reading of the will did not know the deceased in person, but had received kindnesses from him, for instance by the payment of school and university fees. The principal beneficiary, a great-nephew, also did not know him. The only two people who really knew him were the old lawyer who dealt with his affairs, and an old Indian servant. Yet when the will had been read, and they all went to where the treasure--gold, jewels and bank-notes--were supposed to be hidden, nothing could be found. There are an unusual number of deaths, by murder and in self-defence, as the story unfolds, and we are left in total suspense until the very end of the very last chapter. The person who works out where the treasure must be, and how it got there, does not come on the scene until almost the last chapter, and even then he has to go on business to America before he can come in and explain his theory, which proves to be right. (Summary by Gutenberg)

Summary
Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

Excerpt
Fiction, Mystery