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Wealthy widow Mrs. Harlowe has died at her house in Dijon, apparently of natural causes. But then her brother-in-law accuses her niece Betty of poisoning the old woman, Jim Frobisher, junior partner in the office of Betty's English solicitors, is dispatched to France to provide legal advice and support. In France, as Jim seeks to discover the truth and clear Betty, he enters into an uneasy alliance with the enigmatic and mercurial Sûreté detec...

Hard-up dressmakers' assistant Chloe Dane yearns for a new life. But when her mysterious relative Mitchell Dane dies, leaving her the ancestral home of her family, and the secret combination to the safe hidden behind the Chinese black lacquer cabinet in the drawing room, she finds herself locked in a struggle with unscrupulous opponents who will stop at nothing to get possession of the safe's sinister contents ...

Hard-up dressmakers' assistant Chloe Dane yearns for a new life. But when her mysterious relative Mitchell Dane dies, leaving her the ancestral home of her family, and the secret combination to the safe hidden behind the Chinese black lacquer cabinet in the drawing room, she finds herself locked in a struggle with unscrupulous opponents who will stop at nothing to get possession of the safe's sinister contents ...

Learn about the many talents and achievements of Oscar Wilde--the playwright, novelist, critic, poet, and essayist.Author Charles J. Finger is critical of Wilde as a novelist, claiming that only The Picture of Dorian Gray will be remembered in posterity. But he is effusive in his praise of Wilde as a playwright and essayist, and explores each creative aspect of this talented man's endeavors.

Wealthy widow Mrs. Harlowe has died at her house in Dijon, apparently of natural causes. But then her brother-in-law accuses her niece Betty of poisoning the old woman, Jim Frobisher, junior partner in the office of Betty's English solicitors, is dispatched to France to provide legal advice and support. In France, as Jim seeks to discover the truth and clear Betty, he enters into an uneasy alliance with the enigmatic and mercurial Sûreté detec...

When his cousin Kat disappears from Enderby Manor, Frankie Dupont jumps on the case. Bumbling Inspector Cluesome thinks Kat simply wandered off, but Frankie isn't buying it.He follows the evidence trail to a conniving concierge, a six-fingered chef, a talking parrot, a mad maid, and a shifty dwarf ... and quickly finds himself in a desperate race to recover Kat before her time runs out ...

At five lectures delivered at Princeton Seminary during the summer of 1914, B. B. Warfield used "a progressive series of corrections" to explain "the divine dealing with man which ends in his salvation." Starting with the divide between naturalism and supernaturalism, continuing to sacerdotalism and evangelicalism, and on through universalistic vs. particularistic views, Warfield emphasized complete dependence upon God: "It is only the Calvini...

As the generating force of its plot, Twelfth Night uses a device which has since become a staple in comedy: gender confusion. Viola and her twin brother Sebastian, are shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria, a country ruled by the melancholy Duke Orsino. The twins are separated and Viola is led to believe that her brother has perished. She disguises herself as a male under the name of Cesario and makes her way to the ducal court, where Orsino emp...

This collection offers three novels of adventure and suspense from Patricia Wentworth, each with its own plucky and independent young heroine.First, Jane Smith is incognito at stately Luttrell Marches, in the middle of a mystery of secret formulae, political plots, and secret passages.Then, Sally Meredith is entrusted with the red lacquer case containing the formula for her uncle's new and deadly gas, and is soon in the clutches of sinister fo...

Joseph McCabe was a notable antagonist to all forms of organized religion. In this essay, he offers brief and incisive critiques of some major non-Christian religious systems.

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The history of Satan, prince of the demonic world, is the story of one of the weirdest of man's illusions, " writes McCabe. In this text, McCabe treats the devil essentially as a creature of folklore, originating in prehistoric times. He demonstrates how the influence of belief in the devil has dwindled dramatically with the spread of scientific investigation and rationality.This pamphlet, which comes from the Little Blue Book series published...

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