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Affiche du document Savrola — Savrola
Winston S. Churchill
1h11min15
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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95 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h11min.
A fast-paced thriller written near the end of Queen Victoria’s reign when Great Britain ruled a worldwide empire, it subtly reveals the political awareness and personal views of a young Churchill, decades before he would become one of the most important figures of the twentieth century. Savrola shows that it is possible to obtain penetrating insights into an author’s mind from their fiction as well as from their biography. The story concerns the events leading up to, during and after a revolution in the fictional European country of Laurania.

Savrola
Winston S. Churchill
1h11min15
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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95 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h11min.
A fast-paced thriller written near the end of Queen Victoria’s reign when Great Britain ruled a worldwide empire, it subtly reveals the political awareness and personal views of a young Churchill, decades before he would become one of the most important figures of the twentieth century. Savrola shows that it is possible to obtain penetrating insights into an author’s mind from their fiction as well as from their biography. The story concerns the events leading up to, during and after a revolution in the fictional European country of Laurania.

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Affiche du document Poems of Childhood — Poems of Childhood
James Whitcomb Riley
57min00
Poésie
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76 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 57min.
Good value in an excellent selection of Riley favorites. Great introduction to his work, with the raggedy man and little Orphant Annie and the hired girl all properly introduced, the Riley gallery of poems here is set - a generous lot.

Poems of Childhood
James Whitcomb Riley
57min00
Poésie
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76 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 57min.
Good value in an excellent selection of Riley favorites. Great introduction to his work, with the raggedy man and little Orphant Annie and the hired girl all properly introduced, the Riley gallery of poems here is set - a generous lot.

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Affiche du document Possible Worlds and Other Essays — Possible Worlds and Other Essays
J. B. S. Haldane
1h29min15
Essais
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119 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h29min.
The essays in the first part of this book deal mainly with matters of fact. Those which follow are more speculative. Haldane advanced genetics, population biology and evolutionary theory. This volume emphasizes important developments in natural sciences in the early-20th century. It describes Haldane's views on society, art, religion and economy as seen through the eyes of a politically alert major scientist.

Possible Worlds and Other Essays
J. B. S. Haldane
1h29min15
Essais
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119 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h29min.
The essays in the first part of this book deal mainly with matters of fact. Those which follow are more speculative. Haldane advanced genetics, population biology and evolutionary theory. This volume emphasizes important developments in natural sciences in the early-20th century. It describes Haldane's views on society, art, religion and economy as seen through the eyes of a politically alert major scientist.

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Affiche du document Old Herbaceous — Old Herbaceous
Reginald Arkell
52min30
Jardinage
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70 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 52min.
Delightful descriptions and characterizations enliven this tale of an old-time gardener in an English countryside garden and his love of plants. With tender mentoring and the luck of winning a prize at the flower show, young Herbert becomes what he had dreamed of. This is the amusing story of an awkward orphan child with one leg a bit longer than the other who rises from unremarkable school-boy days spent picking wild-flowers and dodging angry farmers to become the legendary head gardener "Old Herbaceous," the most esteemed flower-show judge in the county and a famed horticultural wizard. Old Herbaceous traces his journey from young help to head gardener and although things have changed, the world had started with a garden (in Eden) after all, and things that old don't disappear so easily! Sprinkled with many nuggets of gardening wisdom, this is THE classic novel of the garden and the gardener, a witty and comical portrait, with a main character as unforgettable as P. G. Wodehouse’s immortal butler, Jeeves.

Old Herbaceous
Reginald Arkell
52min30
Jardinage
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70 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 52min.
Delightful descriptions and characterizations enliven this tale of an old-time gardener in an English countryside garden and his love of plants. With tender mentoring and the luck of winning a prize at the flower show, young Herbert becomes what he had dreamed of. This is the amusing story of an awkward orphan child with one leg a bit longer than the other who rises from unremarkable school-boy days spent picking wild-flowers and dodging angry farmers to become the legendary head gardener "Old Herbaceous," the most esteemed flower-show judge in the county and a famed horticultural wizard. Old Herbaceous traces his journey from young help to head gardener and although things have changed, the world had started with a garden (in Eden) after all, and things that old don't disappear so easily! Sprinkled with many nuggets of gardening wisdom, this is THE classic novel of the garden and the gardener, a witty and comical portrait, with a main character as unforgettable as P. G. Wodehouse’s immortal butler, Jeeves.

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Affiche du document Not For Export — Not For Export
Manning Coles
1h19min30
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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106 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h19min.
Tommy Hambledon, a British secret agent, investigates a case that includes stolen jewels, secret airplane plans, gangsters, and international assassins!

Not For Export
Manning Coles
1h19min30
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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106 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h19min.
Tommy Hambledon, a British secret agent, investigates a case that includes stolen jewels, secret airplane plans, gangsters, and international assassins!

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Affiche du document Music Ho!: A Study of Music in Decline — Music Ho!: A Study of Music in Decline
Constant Lambert
1h26min15
Musique
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115 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h26min.
A brilliant analysis of the music of the twenties and thirties, also discusses the music of composers like Stravinsky, Satie, Gershwin, and considers the contributions of jazz and other pop music of the time with classical music.

Music Ho!: A Study of Music in Decline
Constant Lambert
1h26min15
Musique
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115 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h26min.
A brilliant analysis of the music of the twenties and thirties, also discusses the music of composers like Stravinsky, Satie, Gershwin, and considers the contributions of jazz and other pop music of the time with classical music.

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Affiche du document Experiment in Autobiography - Discoveries and Conclusions of a Very Ordinary Brain (Since 1866) — Experiment in Autobiography - Discoveries and Conclusions of a Very Ordinary Brain (Since 1866)
H. G. Wells
4h12min45
Biographies
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337 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 4h13min.
Today, H. G. Wells is perhaps best remembered for his contributions to the science fiction genre thanks to such novels as “The Time Machine” (1895), “The Invisible Man” (1897), and “The War of the Worlds” (1898). Here, Wells recounts his childhood, school days, struggle to make money, eventual literary success, and predictions of the future. A fascinating and unique look into the life and mind of this seminal author, this autobiography will appeal to all who have read and loved the works of H. G. Wells.

Experiment in Autobiography - Discoveries and Conclusions of a Very Ordinary Brain (Since 1866)
H. G. Wells
4h12min45
Biographies
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337 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 4h13min.
Today, H. G. Wells is perhaps best remembered for his contributions to the science fiction genre thanks to such novels as “The Time Machine” (1895), “The Invisible Man” (1897), and “The War of the Worlds” (1898). Here, Wells recounts his childhood, school days, struggle to make money, eventual literary success, and predictions of the future. A fascinating and unique look into the life and mind of this seminal author, this autobiography will appeal to all who have read and loved the works of H. G. Wells.

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Affiche du document Let Your Mind Alone — Let Your Mind Alone
James Thurber
1h33min45
Humour
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125 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h34min.
A collection of humorous essays, accompanied by the author's own bizarre drawings, presenting Thurber's unremitting retort to the multitude of "self-help" books which were widespread in the 1930s and whose successors are still with us today.

Let Your Mind Alone
James Thurber
1h33min45
Humour
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125 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h34min.
A collection of humorous essays, accompanied by the author's own bizarre drawings, presenting Thurber's unremitting retort to the multitude of "self-help" books which were widespread in the 1930s and whose successors are still with us today.

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Affiche du document Green Hazard — Green Hazard
Manning Coles
1h48min45
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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145 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h49min.
British secret agent Tommy Hambleton is believed to have been killed in an explosion, but will spies inside wartime Germany find out that a famous explosives expert cooperating with the Nazis is really Hambleton?... He is impersonating a scientist who has developed a new and powerful explosive.

Green Hazard
Manning Coles
1h48min45
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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145 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h49min.
British secret agent Tommy Hambleton is believed to have been killed in an explosion, but will spies inside wartime Germany find out that a famous explosives expert cooperating with the Nazis is really Hambleton?... He is impersonating a scientist who has developed a new and powerful explosive.

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Affiche du document God's Guarantee to Heal You — God's Guarantee to Heal You
A. A. Allen
49min30
Thérapies alternatives
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66 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 49min.
Positive scriptual proof that you too can work miracles, heal the sick, cure diseases, cast out devils! You too can lay hands upon the sick and see them recover. You too can have power and authority over the Devil. Inspired of the Holy Spirit through a direct revelation from God. Thoroughly scriptural and doctrinally sound.

God's Guarantee to Heal You
A. A. Allen
49min30
Thérapies alternatives
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66 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 49min.
Positive scriptual proof that you too can work miracles, heal the sick, cure diseases, cast out devils! You too can lay hands upon the sick and see them recover. You too can have power and authority over the Devil. Inspired of the Holy Spirit through a direct revelation from God. Thoroughly scriptural and doctrinally sound.

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Affiche du document Murder of a Lady — Murder of a Lady
Anthony Wynne
1h42min00
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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136 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h42min.
A talented amateur sleuth takes on a locked-room murder in this golden age whodunit set in a gloomy, forbidding castle. Late one night the body of Mary Gregor was found in the castle stabbed to death in her bedroom - but the room was locked from within and the windows were barred. The culprit leaves only one clue, left on the floor next to Mary's body. Who's got the right theory for the murder, and can it be proven before the wrong person is arrested? This classic British mystery, first published in 1931, has enough complex plotting and red herrings to win a new generation of fans for Anthony Wynne.

Murder of a Lady
Anthony Wynne
1h42min00
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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136 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h42min.
A talented amateur sleuth takes on a locked-room murder in this golden age whodunit set in a gloomy, forbidding castle. Late one night the body of Mary Gregor was found in the castle stabbed to death in her bedroom - but the room was locked from within and the windows were barred. The culprit leaves only one clue, left on the floor next to Mary's body. Who's got the right theory for the murder, and can it be proven before the wrong person is arrested? This classic British mystery, first published in 1931, has enough complex plotting and red herrings to win a new generation of fans for Anthony Wynne.

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Affiche du document Mates at Billabong — Mates at Billabong
Mary Grant Bruce
1h22min30
Romans et nouvelles
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110 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h22min.
Norah is now 14. She, Jim and Wally do their best to put up with Cecil, the 19-year-old cousin from town who has come to stay at Billabong for the Christmas holidays and tries to show off to his Bush relatives with his disdainful city airs. But the results are invariably disastrous and highly amusing until he does the unforgiveable and takes Norah’s much-loved pony for a wild ride...

Mates at Billabong
Mary Grant Bruce
1h22min30
Romans et nouvelles
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110 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h22min.
Norah is now 14. She, Jim and Wally do their best to put up with Cecil, the 19-year-old cousin from town who has come to stay at Billabong for the Christmas holidays and tries to show off to his Bush relatives with his disdainful city airs. But the results are invariably disastrous and highly amusing until he does the unforgiveable and takes Norah’s much-loved pony for a wild ride...

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Affiche du document Murder of the Ninth Baronet — Murder of the Ninth Baronet
J. S. Fletcher
1h18min45
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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105 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h19min.
Elderly John Marbury, who came from faraway Australia the day before, was killed in central London. But who could wish death to a man who had not been in England for a long time? Investigation investigator Detective Rasbery turns for help to his friend, crime reporter Frank Spargo. Soon they learn that shortly before the death of Marbury, he met with MP Aylmore.

Murder of the Ninth Baronet
J. S. Fletcher
1h18min45
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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105 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h19min.
Elderly John Marbury, who came from faraway Australia the day before, was killed in central London. But who could wish death to a man who had not been in England for a long time? Investigation investigator Detective Rasbery turns for help to his friend, crime reporter Frank Spargo. Soon they learn that shortly before the death of Marbury, he met with MP Aylmore.

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Affiche du document Murder in Four Degrees — Murder in Four Degrees
J. S. Fletcher
1h13min30
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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98 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h13min.
Elderly John Marbury, who came from faraway Australia the day before, was killed in central London. But who could wish death to a man who had not been in England for a long time? Investigation investigator Detective Rasbery turns for help to his friend, crime reporter Frank Spargo. Soon they learn that shortly before the death of Marbury, he met with MP Aylmore.

Murder in Four Degrees
J. S. Fletcher
1h13min30
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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98 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h13min.
Elderly John Marbury, who came from faraway Australia the day before, was killed in central London. But who could wish death to a man who had not been in England for a long time? Investigation investigator Detective Rasbery turns for help to his friend, crime reporter Frank Spargo. Soon they learn that shortly before the death of Marbury, he met with MP Aylmore.

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Affiche du document Hornblower and His Majesty — Hornblower and His Majesty
C. S. Forester
08min15
Romans et nouvelles
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11 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 08min.
Introducing the gallant hero of "Beat to Quarters," Captain Hornblower, in the first of a series of grand adventures. For his first command after escaping from France, Hornblower is given charge of the royal yacht - and he soon requires all his skill and instinct to prevent disaster!

Hornblower and His Majesty
C. S. Forester
08min15
Romans et nouvelles
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11 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 08min.
Introducing the gallant hero of "Beat to Quarters," Captain Hornblower, in the first of a series of grand adventures. For his first command after escaping from France, Hornblower is given charge of the royal yacht - and he soon requires all his skill and instinct to prevent disaster!

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Affiche du document Damon Runyon Omnibus — Damon Runyon Omnibus
Damon Runyon
3h58min30
Romans et nouvelles
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318 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 3h58min.
Full of humorous stories about gangsters, bootleggers, gamblers, and their women inhabiting New York's Broadway. A world of speakeasies and dancing girls where a gambler or bootlegger is perfectly normal and respectable in every way. Those familiar with "Guys and Dolls" know what to expect!

Damon Runyon Omnibus
Damon Runyon
3h58min30
Romans et nouvelles
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318 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 3h58min.
Full of humorous stories about gangsters, bootleggers, gamblers, and their women inhabiting New York's Broadway. A world of speakeasies and dancing girls where a gambler or bootlegger is perfectly normal and respectable in every way. Those familiar with "Guys and Dolls" know what to expect!

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Affiche du document Biggles in Mexico — Biggles in Mexico
W. E. Johns
1h09min00
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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92 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h09min.
Biggles and Ginger are sent to Mexico in an attempt to trace the whereabouts of a stash of diamonds that have been stolen by a London gang. Can the gang be caught before they arrange a deal with an international dealer?

Biggles in Mexico
W. E. Johns
1h09min00
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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92 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h09min.
Biggles and Ginger are sent to Mexico in an attempt to trace the whereabouts of a stash of diamonds that have been stolen by a London gang. Can the gang be caught before they arrange a deal with an international dealer?

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Affiche du document Death Came Softly — Death Came Softly
E. C. R. Lorac
1h26min15
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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115 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h26min.
This crime puzzle features Chief Inspector Robert Macdonald, who is a “London Scot” and an avowed bachelor with a love for walking in the English countryside. But what will he make of the body found dead in a cave?

Death Came Softly
E. C. R. Lorac
1h26min15
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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115 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h26min.
This crime puzzle features Chief Inspector Robert Macdonald, who is a “London Scot” and an avowed bachelor with a love for walking in the English countryside. But what will he make of the body found dead in a cave?

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Affiche du document Death Makes a Prophet — Death Makes a Prophet
John Bude
1h27min45
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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117 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h28min.
Small hostilities were growing; vague jealousies were gaining strength; and far off, wasn't there a nebulous hint of approaching tragedy in the air? Welworth Garden City in the 1940s is a forward-thinking town where free spirits find a home - vegetarians, socialists, and an array of exotic religious groups. Chief among these are the Children of Osiris, led by the eccentric High Prophet, Eustace K. Mildmann. The cult is a seething hotbed of petty resentment, jealousy and dark secrets - which eventually lead to murder. The stage is set for one of Inspector Meredith's most bizarre and exacting cases. This witty crime novel by a writer on top form is a neglected classic of British crime fiction.

Death Makes a Prophet
John Bude
1h27min45
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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117 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h28min.
Small hostilities were growing; vague jealousies were gaining strength; and far off, wasn't there a nebulous hint of approaching tragedy in the air? Welworth Garden City in the 1940s is a forward-thinking town where free spirits find a home - vegetarians, socialists, and an array of exotic religious groups. Chief among these are the Children of Osiris, led by the eccentric High Prophet, Eustace K. Mildmann. The cult is a seething hotbed of petty resentment, jealousy and dark secrets - which eventually lead to murder. The stage is set for one of Inspector Meredith's most bizarre and exacting cases. This witty crime novel by a writer on top form is a neglected classic of British crime fiction.

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Affiche du document Death in Fancy Dress: Fancy Dress Ball — Death in Fancy Dress: Fancy Dress Ball
J. Jefferson Farjeon
1h16min30
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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102 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h16min.
This suspense murder mystery is set in the Albert Hall - on the night of nights, the Chelsea Arts Ball on New Year’s Eve. In this setting of dancing and gaiety and bright lights, this story introduces among the light-hearted assembly of guests various characters in fancy dress hiding behind colorful masks who gather at the famous ball and involuntarily play their parts in a terrific drama that will keep any reader's hair standing rigidly on end. But how may the horror and mystery of the deep night be explained away clearly enough to satisfy the demands of reason in the cold bright light of morning?

Death in Fancy Dress: Fancy Dress Ball
J. Jefferson Farjeon
1h16min30
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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102 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h16min.
This suspense murder mystery is set in the Albert Hall - on the night of nights, the Chelsea Arts Ball on New Year’s Eve. In this setting of dancing and gaiety and bright lights, this story introduces among the light-hearted assembly of guests various characters in fancy dress hiding behind colorful masks who gather at the famous ball and involuntarily play their parts in a terrific drama that will keep any reader's hair standing rigidly on end. But how may the horror and mystery of the deep night be explained away clearly enough to satisfy the demands of reason in the cold bright light of morning?

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