Evil Guest

Name: Evil Guest
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Author: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

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Provider: Librivox
Languages:
English
Genres:
Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General
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Le Fanu’s inimitable style continues with The Evil Guest, a murder mystery fraught with dark imagery and mysterious characters. An unwanted guest visiting a dreary and isolated home is murdered; the thriller leads the reader down countless ‘dead’ ends before revealing the identity of the guilty party. (Introduction by Cathy Barratt)

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01 (Beginning ... "Dear Madame, how happy -- how very happy you make me." (3893 words))

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02 (Had Ithuriel touched with his spear, ... "Thank you ma'am -- God bless you," said the man, withdrawing. (3387 words))

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03 (Mrs. Marston rang the bell ... yet mighty things were involved in the alternative. (3161 words))

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04 (There was a deeper gloom than usual ... "which you fear to tell me of." (3333 words))

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05 ("My looks! Why, curse it" ... "will, I fear, affect him most deplorably." (3029 words))

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06 (The young man kissed her tenderly ... they were summoned together to prosecute. (3355 words))

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07 (There remained still to be examined ... glance at ther companion, but did not speak. (3115 words))

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08 ("Mr. Marston still persists" ... "J. Danvers" (2969 words))

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09 ("He regards it as a merciful interposition" ... continued to sob and weep. (3343 words))

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10 (The party were suddenly recalled ... wondering, and weeping. (3094 words))

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11 (Two or three days passed, ... bleak and bitter enough they were. (3569 words))

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12 (Some weeks passed away, ... among them in a horrid dream. (2437 words))

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13 (Time passed on: ... "from which you would save him." (2161 words))

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14 ("I am, myself, that patient," ... "What further happened you already know." (2952 words))

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15 (Charles listened with breathless attention ... End. (2480 words))

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