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The Evil Guest

The Evil Guest

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Number of Chapters: 15

Length: 4 hours and 18 minutes

Language: English

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.") (Cate Barratt)
02 (Had Ithuriel touched with his spear, ... "Thank you ma'am -- God bless you," said the man, withdrawing.) (Cate Barratt)
03 (Mrs. Marston rang the bell ... yet mighty things were involved in the alternative.) (Cate Barratt)
04 (There was a deeper gloom than usual ... "which you fear to tell me of.") (Cate Barratt)
05 ("My looks! Why, curse it" ... "will, I fear, affect him most deplorably.") (Cate Barratt)
06 (The young man kissed her tenderly ... they were summoned together to prosecute.) (Cate Barratt)
07 (There remained still to be examined ... glance at ther companion, but did not speak.) (Cate Barratt)
08 ("Mr. Marston still persists" ... "J. Danvers") (Cate Barratt)
09 ("He regards it as a merciful interposition" ... continued to sob and weep.) (Cate Barratt)
10 (The party were suddenly recalled ... wondering, and weeping.) (Cate Barratt)
11 (Two or three days passed, ... bleak and bitter enough they were.) (Cate Barratt)
12 (Some weeks passed away, ... among them in a horrid dream.) (Cate Barratt)
13 (Time passed on: ... "from which you would save him.") (Cate Barratt)
14 ("I am, myself, that patient," ... "What further happened you already know.") (Cate Barratt)
15 (Charles listened with breathless attention ... End.) (Cate Barratt)
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