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)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
01 (Beginning ... "Dear Madame, how happy -- how very happy you make me.")
22:11 - Chapter 2
02 (Had Ithuriel touched with his spear, ... "Thank you ma'am -- God bless you," said the man, withdrawing.)
18:35 - Chapter 3
03 (Mrs. Marston rang the bell ... yet mighty things were involved in the alternative.)
17:30 - Chapter 4
04 (There was a deeper gloom than usual ... "which you fear to tell me of.")
18:09 - Chapter 5
05 ("My looks! Why, curse it" ... "will, I fear, affect him most deplorably.")
17:25 - Chapter 6
06 (The young man kissed her tenderly ... they were summoned together to prosecute.)
18:11 - Chapter 7
07 (There remained still to be examined ... glance at ther companion, but did not speak.)
17:54 - Chapter 8
08 ("Mr. Marston still persists" ... "J. Danvers")
16:45 - Chapter 9
09 ("He regards it as a merciful interposition" ... continued to sob and weep.)
19:34 - Chapter 10
10 (The party were suddenly recalled ... wondering, and weeping.)
17:36 - Chapter 11
11 (Two or three days passed, ... bleak and bitter enough they were.)
19:24 - Chapter 12
12 (Some weeks passed away, ... among them in a horrid dream.)
13:04 - Chapter 13
13 (Time passed on: ... "from which you would save him.")
12:01 - Chapter 14
14 ("I am, myself, that patient," ... "What further happened you already know.")
16:33 - Chapter 15
15 (Charles listened with breathless attention ... End.)
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