Project Gutenberg 2016-01-12 Public domain in the USA. 150 Leiber, Fritz 1910 1992 Leiber, Fritz Reuter Ashman, William Ashman Ashman, Bill Yesterday House Produced from Galaxy Science Fiction August 1952 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Yesterday House" by Fritz Leiber is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The story explores themes of time, identity, and the consequences of obsession, as it takes readers through a chilling narrative that blends elements of mystery and psychological drama. The plot revolves around a young man named Jack Barry who, while exploring secluded islands, encounters a girl named Mary Alice Pope who believes she has lived a sheltered life in the early 1930s, unaware of a darker truth about her existence. The narrative unfolds as Jack learns that Mary has been raised by her aunts in a bizarre and isolated environment, marked by secrets and manipulations from her past. As he struggles to convince her of the truth—that she is, in fact, a clone created by the brilliant yet disturbed biologist Martin Kesserich—tension mounts as they face the wrath of her aunts, Hani and Hilda. The story delves into the complexities of love, loss, and the haunting repercussions of playing god, ultimately challenging the characters to confront their identities and the nature of reality itself. As Mary grapples with her existence and Jack fights to free her, the novel poses profound questions about the ethics of scientific experimentation and the human heart's relentless drive for connection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Maine -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 82731 2025-07-20T11:36:29.999895 text/html 59540 2024-10-22T23:43:28 text/html 399078 2025-07-20T11:36:32.053898 application/epub+zip 399443 2025-07-20T11:36:30.403891 application/epub+zip 91830 2025-07-20T11:36:30.181917 application/epub+zip 443129 2025-07-20T11:36:33.417906 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 436459 2025-07-20T11:36:31.833909 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 129373 2022-09-23T06:56:48.826503 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 73999 2025-07-20T11:36:29.828911 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 54248 2024-10-22T23:43:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18160 2025-07-20T11:36:33.542880 application/rdf+xml 26271 2025-07-20T11:36:30.250908 image/jpeg 4416 2025-07-20T11:36:30.216892 image/jpeg 360765 2025-07-20T11:36:30.017900 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