Evil Guest

by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

15 chapters4h 18mEnglish1895

About this book

Le Fanu’s inimitable style continues with The Evil Guest, a murder mystery fraught with dark imagery and mysterious characters. An unwanted guest visiting a dreary and isolated home is murdered; the thriller leads the reader down countless ‘dead’ ends before revealing the identity of the guilty party. (Introduction by Cathy Barratt)

Chapters (15)

101 (Beginning ... "Dear Madame, how happy -- how very happy you make me.")

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202 (Had Ithuriel touched with his spear, ... "Thank you ma'am -- God bless you," said the man, withdrawing.)

1115

303 (Mrs. Marston rang the bell ... yet mighty things were involved in the alternative.)

1050

404 (There was a deeper gloom than usual ... "which you fear to tell me of.")

1089

505 ("My looks! Why, curse it" ... "will, I fear, affect him most deplorably.")

1045

606 (The young man kissed her tenderly ... they were summoned together to prosecute.)

1091

707 (There remained still to be examined ... glance at ther companion, but did not speak.)

1074

808 ("Mr. Marston still persists" ... "J. Danvers")

1005

909 ("He regards it as a merciful interposition" ... continued to sob and weep.)

1174

1010 (The party were suddenly recalled ... wondering, and weeping.)

1056

1111 (Two or three days passed, ... bleak and bitter enough they were.)

1164

1212 (Some weeks passed away, ... among them in a horrid dream.)

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1313 (Time passed on: ... "from which you would save him.")

721

1414 ("I am, myself, that patient," ... "What further happened you already know.")

993

1515 (Charles listened with breathless attention ... End.)

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Evil Guest

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