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100 1 _aDoyle, Arthur Conan,
_d1859-1930
245 1 0 _aRound the Fire Stories
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2017
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2017-02-04
505 0 _aThe leather funnel -- The beetle hunter -- The man with the watches -- The pot of caviare -- The japanned box -- The black doctor -- Playing with fire -- The Jew's breastplate -- The lost special -- The club-footed grocer -- The sealed room -- The Brazilian cat -- The usher of Lea House School -- The brown hand -- The fiend of the cooperage -- Jelland's voyage -- B. 24.
508 _aE-text prepared by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)
520 _a"Round the Fire Stories" by Arthur Conan Doyle is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. This anthology features tales that blend the grotesque and the terrible, effectively crafted for sharing on a chilly evening around a fire. The stories delve into various aspects of human experience and curiosity, hinting at macabre events and mysterious legacies. The opening of "Round the Fire Stories" introduces us to the character Lionel Dacre, a wealthy and eccentric collector of occult literature residing in Paris. A visit to his home leads to a curious examination of a leather funnel with a mysterious past, linked to the dark practices of historical torture. Dacre proposes an experiment involving the funnel, suggesting a connection to dreams and past horrors. The narrative sets up an air of suspense and reveals Dacre's intent to unearth the object’s intriguing story through a shared experience with the narrator, paving the way for a chilling exploration of history and the unknown. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aHorror tales, English
653 _aEnglish fiction
653 _aShort stories, English
700 1 _aCastaigne, J. André,
_d1861-1929
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54109
999 _c94943
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