Project Gutenberg 2004-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 237 Various Verschillende Various, Various The Continental Classics, Volume XVIII., Mystery Tales Including Stories by Feodor Mikhailovitch Dostoyevsky, Jörgen Wilhelm Bergsöe and Bernhard Severin Ingemann See also: PG#1552 The Queen of Spades / A.S. Pushkin -- The general's will / Vera Jelihovsky -- Crime and punishment / F.M. Dostoyevsky -- The safety match / Anton Chekhoff -- Knights of industry / V.V. Krestovski -- The amputated arms / J.W. Bergsöe -- The manuscript / Otto Larssen -- The sealed room / B.S. Ingemann -- The rector of Veilbye / S.S. Blicher -- The living death / Ferencz Molnar -- Thirteen at table / Maurus Jokai -- The dancing bear / Étienne Bársony -- The tower room / Arthur Elck. Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Project Manager; Keith M. Eckrich, Post-Proofer; the Online Distributed Proofreaders Team "The Continental Classics, Volume XVIII. Mystery Tales" is a collection of mystery stories compiled from various authors, published during the early 20th century. This volume includes renowned works from celebrated authors such as Feodor Dostoevsky and Alexander Pushkin, as well as stories from lesser-known writers from Russian and Hungarian literature. The overall theme of the collection revolves around suspenseful narratives, containing intriguing plots that often explore human psychology and morality. At the start of the collection, the opening story, "The Queen of Spades" by Alexander Pushkin, sets a compelling tone. It introduces readers to a card party where the character Hermann, a young engineer, is fascinated by card games and particularly by the mystical secret of winning cards that is held by the mysterious Countess. As the narrative unfolds, Hermann becomes increasingly obsessed with learning this secret, leading him down a dark path that intertwines themes of greed, desperation, and the supernatural. The initial scenes effectively build suspense while drawing readers into the social dynamics of the characters and their intriguing interactions, hinting at moral questions that will resonate through the entire tale. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories PN Text Category: Short Stories Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Russian Literature 784633 2025-10-05T13:26:33.530956 text/html 784647 784493 2024-11-05T16:01:38.428026 2023-10-06T04:14:49.916059 text/html text/html 381132 2025-10-05T13:26:44.592400 application/epub+zip 392963 2025-10-05T13:26:37.222002 application/epub+zip 360913 2025-10-05T13:26:35.889032 application/epub+zip 706701 2025-10-05T13:26:50.123398 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 670137 2025-10-05T13:26:43.576448 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 505409 2022-09-06T18:59:07.934528 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 717992 2025-10-05T13:26:33.002958 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 698151 2024-10-28T19:13:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17313 2025-10-05T13:26:50.253416 application/rdf+xml 17583 2025-10-05T13:26:36.396949 image/jpeg 3697 2025-10-05T13:26:36.141085 image/jpeg 376968 2025-10-05T13:26:33.589004 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