Project Gutenberg 2011-06-07 Public domain in the USA. 351 Hume, Fergus 1859 1932 Hume, Ferguson Wright Hume, Fergus W. (Ferguson Wright) The Mandarin's Fan Produced by Amber N Black, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Mandarin's Fan" by Fergus Hume is a novel written during the early 20th century. It centers around Rupert Ainsleigh, a young man burdened by his family's misfortunes, who is on a quest for a valuable jade fan that holds the promise of wealth and resolution to his financial woes. The story weaves themes of love, curses, and the supernatural, setting the stage for a mix of romance and mystery. At the start of the narrative, Rupert is engaged in a conversation with Major Tidman, revealing the tension of his financial troubles and an ancestral curse associated with the Ainsleigh family. He learns about a mysterious jade fan belonging to Mandarin Lo-Keong, which is said to bring fortune to its possessor, and he believes it could help save his estate. As Rupert expresses his determination to find the fan, discussions about his love for Olivia Rayner, the daughter of his aunt Sophia Wharf, introduce further complication, as Miss Wharf holds a mortgage on his estate. As Rupert navigates the intricate web of personal and familial conflict, hints of darker mysteries surrounding the fan begin to emerge, foreshadowing the challenges he will face in his quest. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/36346/36346-h/images/cover.png Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction Chinese -- England -- Fiction PR Text Category: Romance Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels 500556 2025-08-14T16:28:51.996083 text/html 508481 2013-12-15T15:40:10 text/html 372449 2025-08-14T16:28:58.896067 application/epub+zip 377079 2025-08-14T16:28:53.144083 application/epub+zip 263718 2025-08-14T16:28:52.573116 application/epub+zip 536232 2025-08-14T16:29:03.122127 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 503495 2025-08-14T16:28:58.235069 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 384343 2022-09-16T14:55:35.290138 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 452210 2025-08-14T16:28:50.751096 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 452087 2013-12-15T15:40:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 452123 2013-12-15T15:40:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21074 2025-08-14T16:29:03.260015 application/rdf+xml 26879 2025-08-14T16:28:52.671082 image/jpeg 3658 2025-08-14T16:28:52.622105 image/jpeg 166169 2013-12-15T15:42:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 350116 2013-12-15T15:42:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 166164 2013-12-15T15:42:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 348971 2025-08-14T16:28:52.040110 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