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_aBrady, Cyrus Townsend, _d1861-1920 |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | _aThe island of the stairs |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2022 |
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_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats |
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_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier |
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| 500 | _aRelease date is 2022-10-11 | ||
| 508 | _aEmmanuel Ackerman, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) | ||
| 520 | _a"The Island of the Stairs" by Cyrus Townsend Brady is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story opens with a dramatic scene involving the suicide of Sir Geoffrey Wilberforce, a baronet, which sets off a chain of events that will impact his daughter, Mistress Lucy. The narrative introduces Master Hampdon, a sailor devoted to Lucy, as he grapples with the aftermath of Sir Geoffrey's death, revealing themes of love, loss, and social class. At the start of the novel, Master Hampdon discovers the body of Sir Geoffrey in a spinney, leading to a profound emotional response as he confronts the implications of the baronet's tragic end. Shortly after, he overhears the callous remarks of two men, including the Duke of Arcester, who dismiss the tragedy while discussing their own interests. Hampdon, fueled by indignation, intervenes and defends Lucy's honor, further complicating the relationships between these characters. The opening Chapters explore the complexities of social status, the depths of personal devotion, and foreshadow the adventure that awaits on the titular Island of the Stairs, where a hidden treasure tied to their lineage could alter their fates forever. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
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_pOriginally published: _cUnited States: A. L. Burt Company, Publishers, 1913 |
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| 653 | _aSea stories | ||
| 653 | _aOceania -- Fiction | ||
| 653 | _aSouth Pacific Ocean -- Fiction | ||
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_aKinney, Margaret West, _d1872-1952 |
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_aKinney, Troy, _d1871-1938 |
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| 856 | 4 | _uhttps://archive.org/details/islandofstairs00bradiala/page/n7/mode/2up | |
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