Project Gutenberg 2017-06-05 Public domain in the USA. 113 Duchess 1897 Hungerford, Mrs. (Margaret Wolfe Hamilton) Hungerford, Margaret Wolfe Hamilton Hungerford, Margaret Hamilton The Red House Mystery The Piccadilly Novels Produced by Jeff Hunt "The Red House Mystery" by Duchess is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds around the ominous and uninviting Red House, amplifying its bleak atmosphere through detailed descriptions of the environment and its inhabitants. Central characters include Dr. Darkham, a conflicted physician, his coarse wife Mrs. Darkham, their troubled son Edwy, and Agatha Nesbitt, a beautiful young woman whose path crosses with theirs, hinting at potential romantic entanglements and deeper conflicts. The opening of the novel establishes a dark and heavy mood as it describes the Red House, marked by its isolation and lack of natural beauty. We meet the Darkhams inside struggling with their discontent; Mrs. Darkham is depicted as resentful and coarse, while Dr. Darkham grapples with disdain for their life together and loathes the deformities of their son, Edwy. This discontent leads to a tense conversation between the couple that reveals their troubled marriage, hints of infidelity, and foreshadows the conflict that will envelop their familial relationships. The introduction of Agatha Nesbitt as a character offers a glimpse of hope and beauty, setting the stage for dramatic developments as their lives inevitably intertwine. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 85.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Fiction PR Text Category: Novels 341621 2025-06-22T04:49:52.082587 text/html 309323 2024-10-23T02:10:45 text/html 190366 2025-06-22T04:49:59.154546 application/epub+zip 196074 2025-06-22T04:49:54.002566 application/epub+zip 196074 2025-06-22T04:49:52.775544 application/epub+zip 369667 2025-06-22T04:50:03.210516 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 327344 2025-06-22T04:49:58.408561 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 311995 2022-09-25T00:14:51.490494 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 316788 2025-06-22T04:49:50.925565 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 297168 2024-10-23T02:10:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16120 2025-06-22T04:50:03.342507 application/rdf+xml 11669 2025-06-22T04:49:53.347557 image/jpeg 3163 2025-06-22T04:49:53.058540 image/jpeg 184217 2025-06-22T04:49:52.114571 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