A House-Boat on the Styx by John Kendrick Bangs
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"A House-Boat on the Styx" by John Kendrick Bangs is a fantasy novel written in 1895. When a mysterious houseboat arrives on the river Styx, it becomes a meeting place for history's most famous dead souls. Charon, the ancient ferryman, finds himself demoted to janitor as legendary figures from history and mythology gather aboard. Each chapter presents a new encounter, mixing historical personalities in unexpected conversations—though questions about who really wrote Shakespeare's
plays keep arising. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Bangs, John Kendrick, 1862-1922 |
|---|---|
| Title | A House-Boat on the Styx |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_House-Boat_on_the_Styx |
| Credits | Transcribed from the 1902 Harper and Brothers edition by David Price |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Houseboats -- Fiction |
| Subject | Dead -- Fiction |
| Subject | Household employees -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 2618 |
| Release Date | May 1, 2001 |
| Last Update | Jan 1, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 445 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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