The strange house (Registro nro. 117484)
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| control field | 76759 |
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| control field | UtSlPG |
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| control field | 20260610134758.0 |
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| 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 | PZ |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Shaw, Catharine |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The strange house |
| 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 |
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| Media type term | computer |
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| Source | rdamedia |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2025-08-29 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "The strange house : or, A moment''s mistake" by Catharine Shaw is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story blends domestic drama, a gentle mystery, and Christian moral themes as young governess Gertrude Ashlyn joins the Shaddock family near Hampstead and becomes uneasy about the secretive neighbor in the “Strange House.” Alongside her work with spirited pupils—especially sensitive Hugh and trouble-prone Randall—runs her sister Rose’s ongoing search for a missing child and a quiet current of unspoken love from family friend Otto. It promises a tale of home life, conscience, and providence threaded through with a suburban mystery. The opening of the story sets two lines in motion: the Shaddock boys witness a policeman seize their furtive neighbor while unexplained lights gleam in his supposedly solitary house, and far away by the sea Gertrude accepts a governess post as her widowed mother’s eyesight fails, leaving Otto to wrestle with his feelings. On arrival, Gertrude meets brisk Mollie, sober Daisy, bullied Hugh, and impish Randall, endures a chaotic household, and quietly steadies herself with prayer. Conway pokes into the neighbor’s habits; a marmalade prank hints at Randall’s mischief; and a chance spill from the neighbor’s basket—rice, sewing, and a small pair of mended child’s shoes—stirs Gertrude’s memory of Rose’s vanished little Lester. The narrative then reveals a woman and man hiding a child in that house, letters addressed to “X. Y. Z.”, and a late-night dash to a Highgate school where their older boy, Johnnie, dies after begging his mother to return the abducted child to his real mother. Rose, reading Gertrude’s letter, resolves to visit, while a bank-note mishap at the Shaddocks’ ends with Randall blaming Hugh and their mother misjudging the case, leaving tensions high as the opening section closes. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | London: John F. Shaw and Co., 1891 |
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| Uncontrolled term | Christian life -- Juvenile fiction |
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| Uncontrolled term | Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction |
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| Uncontrolled term | Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction |
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| Uncontrolled term | London (England) -- Juvenile fiction |
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| Uncontrolled term | Families -- Juvenile fiction |
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| Uncontrolled term | Governesses -- Juvenile fiction |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76759">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76759</a> |
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