Project Gutenberg 2003-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 282 Green, Anna Katharine 1846 1935 Rohlfs, Mrs. Charles Rohlfs, Anna Katharine Green The House of the Whispering Pines Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team Updated: 2022-11-07. "The House of the Whispering Pines" by Anna Katharine Green is a novel written in the early 20th century. This mystery unfolds around the life of Elwood Ranelagh, who finds himself in a web of intrigue after the shocking discovery of his betrothed, Adelaide Cumberland, dead in the secluded club-house known as The Whispering Pines. The narrative explores themes of love, betrayal, and the consequences of past actions, all set against a backdrop of emotional turmoil and suspense. At the start of the book, we meet Elwood as he recklessly drives through a winter storm, disheartened after missing a rendezvous that could have changed his fate. He unexpectedly finds smoke rising from The Whispering Pines, a place he thought was closed for the season. Upon entering, he discovers that the club-house is not empty and is drawn into a series of mysterious events when he encounters a young woman, Carmel Cumberland, the sister of the deceased, fleeing the scene in distress. The opening portion sets a tense atmosphere as Elwood grapples with personal loss and confusion, leading to his harrowing discovery of Adelaide's body and the tragic circumstances that ensue. With a strong introduction to the compelling characters and the dark secrets they harbor, the beginning of this novel promises a gripping mystery ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories PS Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 683978 2025-06-04T11:50:40.613699 text/html 688039 2022-11-07T15:12:04 text/html 574121 2025-06-04T11:50:49.557643 application/epub+zip 573832 2025-06-04T11:50:41.936687 application/epub+zip 428529 2025-06-04T11:50:41.288643 application/epub+zip 692067 2025-06-04T11:50:55.856575 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 654454 2025-06-04T11:50:49.020636 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 555698 2022-09-05T06:51:05.200811 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 653495 2025-06-04T11:50:39.160682 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 653330 2022-11-07T12:20:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16579 2025-06-04T11:50:56.006572 application/rdf+xml 14811 2025-06-04T11:50:41.499646 image/jpeg 3235 2025-06-04T11:50:41.391651 image/jpeg 517630 2025-06-04T11:50:40.687659 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia