Castle Craneycrow
George Barr McCutcheon
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Description
George Barr McCutcheon's Castle Craneycrow, printed at New York in 1902, opens with the taking of Turk. Philip Quentin, a rich young American, had caught the little burglar in his rooms at night. Instead of the police, he fed him supper and hired him. Turk — Turkington, or James — has served him faithfully for seven years.
Quentin travels to Florence, where Dorothy Garrison, an American heiress, is promised to an Italian prince. Quentin loves her, and the prince's mountain stronghold, Castle Craneycrow, gives the romance its Gothic machinery. An abduction, a siege of suitors, and Turk's underworld talents drive the plot. McCutcheon followed Graustark with this Italian companion piece, trading his invented kingdom for a real duchy's intrigues. The tone is lighter than the peril: a comedy of love against a castle wall, with a burglar as best man.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | George Barr McCutcheon |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 437 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |