Witching Hill
Unknown
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Description
E. W. Hornung, author of Raffles, wrote this set of linked tales, reprinted in London in 1914. A young estate agent on Witching Hill Road watches a new suburb grow over ground with an older, darker past. Tales of unhallowed ground, a house with red blinds, a locked room, and a temple of Bacchus follow.
Each story turns on a resident, a secret, or a sudden act of violence that the hill seems to draw out. Hornung mixes crime, mystery, and a touch of the uncanny. The book offers a moody portrait of a place where new houses cannot bury old deeds.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Unknown |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 321 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |