The Mystery of Choice by Robert W. Chambers
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"The Mystery of Choice" by Robert W. Chambers is a collection of short stories published in 1897. Set primarily in the atmospheric landscapes of Brittany, France, these interconnected tales blend natural beauty with macabre and eerie elements. The collection follows American protagonist Dick Darrel through three stories involving butterfly collecting rivalries, beetle observations, and priestly curses, while other tales explore ghostly transformations, uncanny islands, and mysterious creatures. The final piece is a
poem about forgiveness. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William), 1865-1933 |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 06023334 |
| Title | The Mystery of Choice |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mystery_of_Choice |
| Contents | The purple emperor -- Pompe funèbre -- The messenger -- The white shadow -- Passeur -- The key to grief -- A matter of interest -- Envoi. |
| Credits |
Produced by Robert Cicconetti and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 81.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Short stories, American |
| Subject | Horror tales, American |
| Subject | American fiction -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 46581 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-46581-4 |
| Release Date | Aug 13, 2014 |
| Last Update | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 774 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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