The House of a Thousand Candles
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About This Book
1905. Nicholson lived and traveled extensively in Indiana and it was a rich resource for his writing. The House of a Thousand Candles provides readers with the view of an outsider coming to Indiana. The book Pickering's letter bringing news of my grandfather's death found me at Naples early in October. John Marshall Glenarm had died in June. He had left a will which gave me his property conditionally, Pickering wrote, and it was necessary for me to return immediately to qualify as legatee. It was the merest luck that the letter came to my hands at all, for it had been sent to Constantinople, i...
Chapters (61)
- The House of a Thousand Candles
- CONTENTS
- The House of a Thousand Candles
- CHAPTER I
- THE WILL OF JOHN MARSHALL GLENARM
- CHAPTER II
- A FACE AT SHERRY’S
- CHAPTER III
- THE HOUSE OF A THOUSAND CANDLES
- CHAPTER IV
- A VOICE FROM THE LAKE
- CHAPTER V
- A RED TAM-O’-SHANTER
- CHAPTER VI
- THE GIRL AND THE CANOE
- CHAPTER VII
- THE MAN ON THE WALL
- CHAPTER VIII
- A STRING OF GOLD BEADS
- CHAPTER IX
- THE GIRL AND THE RABBIT
- CHAPTER X
- AN AFFAIR WITH THE CARETAKER
- CHAPTER XI
- I RECEIVE A CALLER
- CHAPTER XII
- I EXPLORE A PASSAGE
- CHAPTER XIII
- A PAIR OF EAVESDROPPERS
- CHAPTER XIV
- THE GIRL IN GRAY
- CHAPTER XV
- I MAKE AN ENGAGEMENT
- CHAPTER XVI
- THE PASSING OF OLIVIA
- CHAPTER XVII
- SISTER THERESA
- CHAPTER XVIII
- GOLDEN BUTTERFLIES
- CHAPTER XIX
- I MEET AN OLD FRIEND
- CHAPTER XX
- A TRIPLE ALLIANCE
- CHAPTER XXI
- PICKERING SERVES NOTICE
- CHAPTER XXII
- THE RETURN OF MARIAN DEVEREUX
- CHAPTER XXIII
- THE DOOR OF BEWILDERMENT
- CHAPTER XXIV
- A PROWLER OF THE NIGHT
- CHAPTER XXV
- BESIEGED
- CHAPTER XXVI
- THE FIGHT IN THE LIBRARY
- CHAPTER XXVII
- CHANGES AND CHANCES
- CHAPTER XXVIII
- SHORTER VISTAS
- CHAPTER XXIX
- AND SO THE LIGHT LED ME
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