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100 1 _aAustin, F. Britten
_q(Frederick Britten),
_d1885-1941
245 1 0 _aOn the Borderland
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2021-07-14
505 0 _aBuried treasure -- A problem in reprisals -- Secret Service -- The strange case of Mr. Todmorden -- Through the gate of horn -- The white dog -- A point of ethics -- The lovers -- Held in bondage -- She who came back -- From the depths -- Yellow magic.
508 _aE-text prepared by Tim Lindell, Martin Pettit, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images digitized by the Google Books Library Project (https://books.google.com and generously made available by HathiTrust Digital Library (https://www.hathitrust.org/)
520 _a"On the Borderland" by F. Britten Austin is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story begins with a group of men aboard a ship who engage in eerie after-dinner conversations about spiritualism, reincarnation, and the supernatural. A young woman named Pauline inadvertently writes a mysterious message in her diary, which sets off a chain of events involving buried treasure, ghosts, and psychological exploration. At the start of the novel, the men are captivated by the enigmatic tales of the unknown. This prompts a doctor to share an uncanny experience he encountered while working as a ship's doctor for a wealthy family taking a winter cruise in the Caribbean. One evening, Pauline accidentally scrawls a reversed script in her diary, which the doctor deciphers as a potential treasure map. The narrative unfolds as the family, particularly the avaricious old man Vandermeulen, becomes increasingly fixated on the idea of unearthing riches, while Pauline herself grapples with her own mysterious connection to the messages. The opening sets the stage for a blend of adventure, psychological intrigue, and questions about the boundaries of reality and the mind. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aParanormal fiction
653 _aShort stories, English
653 _aEnglish fiction -- 20th century
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65837
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