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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aNicholson, Meredith,
_d1866-1947
245 1 4 _aThe House of a Thousand Candles
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2004
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2004-05-01
508 _aProduced by Jeffrey Kraus-yao
520 _a"The House of a Thousand Candles" by Meredith Nicholson is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around John Glenarm, who learns of his grandfather's death and inherits a property under strange conditions that require him to spend a year living at the unfinished Glenarm House in Indiana. The narrative explores themes of obligation, inheritance, and the complexities of family relationships as John grapples with his past while adapting to his new surroundings. At the start of the novel, John Glenarm is in Naples when he receives a letter informing him of his grandfather's death and the peculiar stipulations of his will. The will demands that he live in the mysterious and incomplete Glenarm House for one year; failure to comply would result in the estate going to a woman named Marian Devereux, a relative through a connection to a nun. John arrives at the house, encountering a complex mix of emotions as he deals with memories of his grandfather and mysterious occurrences, including an apparent assassination attempt. Through the opening chapters, his interactions with the enigmatic caretaker Bates and the intriguing landscape hint at deeper secrets surrounding his inheritance, capturing the reader's interest in the unfolding story. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aInheritance and succession -- Fiction
653 _aIndiana -- Fiction
653 _aMystery and detective stories
700 1 _aChristy, Howard Chandler,
_d1873-1952
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12441
999 _c53859
_d53859