The melody of death (Registro nro. 116427)
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| control field | 75702 |
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| control field | UtSlPG |
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| control field | 20260610134742.0 |
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 27024195 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | PR |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Wallace, Edgar, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1875-1932 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The melody of death |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2025 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Melody_of_Death |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2025-03-24 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "The Melody of Death" by Edgar Wallace is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book appears to weave together elements of crime, mystery, and romance, centering on incidents of professional safe-cracking and their impact on a circle of Londoners. Key characters include the introspective Gilbert Standerton, his conflicted fiancée Edith Cathcart, the ambitious Leslie Frankfort, and a group of skilled jewel thieves led by George Wallis. The primary themes involve love, wealth, familial pressure, and the shadowy allure of crime in society. The opening of "The Melody of Death" introduces readers first to a meticulously executed jewel heist at a London diamond merchant's office, carried out by professional burglars and interrupted by a mysterious masked man. The narrative then shifts to Gilbert Standerton, an emotionally strained young man attending the Derby with his friend Leslie, where underlying anxieties about wealth, inheritance, and impending marriage surface. A sudden storm brings Gilbert, Leslie, and a pair of storm-blown street musicians—including a young girl—together, hinting at deeper connections. As the story unfolds through subsequent chapters, the emotional tension between Gilbert and Edith is drawn out, revealing her lack of affection for him and the manipulative ambitions of her mother. Meanwhile, a series of high-profile burglaries unsettle London, while Gilbert's struggles with financial security and personal identity intensify, setting up intersecting plotlines between domestic intrigue and criminal enterprise. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | New York: Lincoln Mac Veagh, 1927 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Detective and mystery stories |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Thieves -- Fiction |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Spouses -- Fiction |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://archive.org/details/bwb_P9-CSS-132/">https://archive.org/details/bwb_P9-CSS-132/</a> |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75702">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75702</a> |
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