A House to Let by Dickens, Collins, Gaskell, and Procter
"A House to Let" by Dickens, Collins, Gaskell, and Procter is a collaborative novella published in 1858 in the Christmas edition of Household Words magazine. An elderly woman named Sophonisba becomes intrigued by mysterious signs of life in a supposedly empty, dilapidated house across from her own. She enlists her admirer Jabez Jarber and her servant Trottle to investigate what secrets lie within. Each author contributed different chapters to unravel the enigma
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| Author | Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 |
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| Author | Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889 |
| Author | Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865 |
| Author | Procter, Adelaide Anne, 1825-1864 |
| Title | A House to Let |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_House_to_Let |
| Contents | Over the way / Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins -- The Manchester marriage / Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell -- Going into society / Charles Dickens -- Three evenings in the house / Adelaide Anne Procter -- Trottle's report / Wilkie Collins -- Let at last / Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. |
| Credits |
Transcribed from the 1903 Chapman and Hall edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk. Proofed by David, Edgar Howard, Dawn Smith, Terry Jeffress and Jane Foster. Revised by Richard Tonsing |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 77.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | English fiction -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 2324 |
| Release Date | Sep 1, 2000 |
| Most Recently Updated | Apr 14, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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