Project Gutenberg 2000-10-01 Public domain in the USA. 179 Rinehart, Mary Roberts 1876 1958 The After House an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer. HTML version by Al Haines. "The After House" by Mary Roberts Rinehart is a mystery novel penned in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the character Leslie, who finds himself on a yacht named Ella shortly after recovering from a serious illness. As the narrative unfolds, readers are drawn into a web of suspense surrounding the ship and its crew, highlighting both personal ambitions and darker human emotions, culminating in a series of tragic events. At the start of the novel, Leslie introduces himself as a newly graduated medical student who, after enduring a bout of typhoid fever, is drawn to the adventurous life at sea. With a background as a deck-steward and an ambition for adventure, he is introduced to the Ella, a transformed coasting-vessel now serving as a yacht. His time on board showcases not only his interactions with the crew, including the enigmatic Miss Lee, but also hints at a brewing conflict that suggests an ominous undercurrent aboard the ship. As tensions rise, occurrences hinting at mystery and danger begin to emerge, setting the stage for a suspenseful voyage that promises intrigue and peril in equal measure. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories Murder -- Fiction Yachts -- Fiction PS Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: American Literature 322322 2025-08-01T13:07:41.769547 text/html 341485 2021-01-16T01:02:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 113988 2021-01-16T01:10:23 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 211832 2025-08-01T13:07:48.646528 application/epub+zip 212120 2025-08-01T13:07:43.550556 application/epub+zip 212121 2025-08-01T13:07:42.430555 application/epub+zip 348231 2025-08-01T13:07:52.254484 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 329969 2025-08-01T13:07:47.715537 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 304697 2022-09-02T03:44:18.218441 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 296994 2025-08-01T13:07:41.075520 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 297187 2021-01-16T01:09:22 text/plain; charset=utf-8 109504 2021-01-16T01:09:49 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19161 2025-08-01T13:07:52.394515 application/rdf+xml 12069 2025-08-01T13:07:42.940522 image/jpeg 3244 2025-08-01T13:07:42.685525 image/jpeg 177920 2025-08-01T13:07:41.794556 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