Project Gutenberg 2021-06-27 Public domain in the USA. 106 Farrère, Claude 1876 1957 Farrere, Claude Bargone, Charles Toulven, Pierre Bargone, Frédéric Charles Pierre Édouard Bargone, Frederic Charles Pierre Edouard Bargone, François Charles Bargone, Francois Charles Livingston, Arthur 1883 1944 Livingston, Albert Arthur 23006379 La maison des hommes vivants. English The House of the Secret (La maison des hommes vivants) Tim Lindell, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The House of the Secret" by Claude Farrère is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story begins with a mysterious protagonist writing down his last testament and warning of an impending danger, as he anticipates his own death just two days away. The narrative unfolds through the perspective of Captain André Narcy, who embarks on a mission that leads him into a series of strange encounters and uncanny events involving the enigmatic Madeleine and an unusual, seemingly supernatural old man. At the start of the story, the narrator introduces himself and expresses the urgency of his message, indicating that a grave danger looms over the individuals he addresses. Subsequently, Captain Narcy receives orders to deliver an important message regarding a potential military operation, sending him on a journey through the gloomy and eerie terrain surrounding Toulon. As he navigates the rugged landscape, revealing his connection with Madeleine and yet to understand their shared past, he becomes engulfed in chilling realizations that intertwine love, mystique, and the impending sense of treachery that hangs like a specter over his fate. The opening chapters evoke suspense and intrigue as the protagonist grapples with the blurred lines between reality and the uncanny, setting the stage for his fateful adventure. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Vampires -- Fiction Immortalism -- Fiction Fantasy fiction, French PQ Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels 316149 2025-06-26T06:08:16.843324 text/html 307840 2024-10-18T14:35:16 text/html 460892 2025-06-26T06:08:21.004265 application/epub+zip 462673 2025-06-26T06:08:17.492356 application/epub+zip 198179 2025-06-26T06:08:17.147296 application/epub+zip 575449 2025-06-26T06:08:24.000257 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 533874 2025-06-26T06:08:20.641259 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 269795 2022-09-29T14:59:34.454698 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 287541 2025-06-26T06:08:16.380320 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 267468 2024-10-18T14:35:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18698 2025-06-26T06:08:24.129243 application/rdf+xml 12661 2025-06-26T06:08:17.231279 image/jpeg 2261 2025-06-26T06:08:17.189295 image/jpeg 380165 2025-06-26T06:08:16.877282 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 fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia