Le Fanu’s inimitable style continues with The Evil Guest, a murder mystery fraught with dark imagery and mysterious characters. An unwanted guest visiting a dreary and isolated home is murdered; the thriller leads the reader down countless ‘dead’ ends before revealing the identity of the guilty party. (Introduction by Cathy Barratt)
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22 min
01 (Beginning ... "Dear Madame, how happy -- how very happy you make me.")
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14 min
15 (Charles listened with breathless attention ... End.)
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17 min
14 ("I am, myself, that patient," ... "What further happened you already know.")
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12 min
13 (Time passed on: ... "from which you would save him.")
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13 min
12 (Some weeks passed away, ... among them in a horrid dream.)
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19 min
11 (Two or three days passed, ... bleak and bitter enough they were.)
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18 min
10 (The party were suddenly recalled ... wondering, and weeping.)
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20 min
09 ("He regards it as a merciful interposition" ... continued to sob and weep.)
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17 min
08 ("Mr. Marston still persists" ... "J. Danvers")
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18 min
07 (There remained still to be examined ... glance at ther companion, but did not speak.)
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18 min
06 (The young man kissed her tenderly ... they were summoned together to prosecute.)
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17 min
05 ("My looks! Why, curse it" ... "will, I fear, affect him most deplorably.")
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18 min
04 (There was a deeper gloom than usual ... "which you fear to tell me of.")
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18 min
03 (Mrs. Marston rang the bell ... yet mighty things were involved in the alternative.)
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19 min
02 (Had Ithuriel touched with his spear, ... "Thank you ma'am -- God bless you," said the man, withdrawing.)
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22 min ↗
01 (Beginning ... "Dear Madame, how happy -- how very happy you make me.")
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14 min ↗
15 (Charles listened with breathless attention ... End.)
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17 min ↗
14 ("I am, myself, that patient," ... "What further happened you already know.")
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12 min ↗
13 (Time passed on: ... "from which you would save him.")
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13 min ↗
12 (Some weeks passed away, ... among them in a horrid dream.)