Project Gutenberg 2021-07-14 Public domain in the USA. 158 Austin, F. Britten (Frederick Britten) 1885 1941 Austin, Frederick Britten Austin, Britten 23017475 On the Borderland Buried treasure -- A problem in reprisals -- Secret Service -- The strange case of Mr. Todmorden -- Through the gate of horn -- The white dog -- A point of ethics -- The lovers -- Held in bondage -- She who came back -- From the depths -- Yellow magic. E-text prepared by Tim Lindell, Martin Pettit, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images digitized by the Google Books Library Project (https://books.google.com and generously made available by HathiTrust Digital Library (https://www.hathitrust.org/) "On the Borderland" by F. Britten Austin is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story begins with a group of men aboard a ship who engage in eerie after-dinner conversations about spiritualism, reincarnation, and the supernatural. A young woman named Pauline inadvertently writes a mysterious message in her diary, which sets off a chain of events involving buried treasure, ghosts, and psychological exploration. At the start of the novel, the men are captivated by the enigmatic tales of the unknown. This prompts a doctor to share an uncanny experience he encountered while working as a ship's doctor for a wealthy family taking a winter cruise in the Caribbean. One evening, Pauline accidentally scrawls a reversed script in her diary, which the doctor deciphers as a potential treasure map. The narrative unfolds as the family, particularly the avaricious old man Vandermeulen, becomes increasingly fixated on the idea of unearthing riches, while Pauline herself grapples with her own mysterious connection to the messages. The opening sets the stage for a blend of adventure, psychological intrigue, and questions about the boundaries of reality and the mind. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Paranormal fiction Short stories, English English fiction -- 20th century PR Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Adventure Category: Novels 589298 2025-07-26T06:56:23.307770 text/html 606178 2024-10-18T14:50:47 text/html 483870 2025-07-26T06:56:30.909749 application/epub+zip 490283 2025-07-26T06:56:24.607763 application/epub+zip 300306 2025-07-26T06:56:23.928753 application/epub+zip 660374 2025-07-26T06:56:35.783684 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 622118 2025-07-26T06:56:30.269716 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 432888 2022-09-29T15:59:25.586515 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 546071 2025-07-26T06:56:21.878796 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 526087 2024-10-18T14:50:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17244 2025-07-26T06:56:36.238664 application/rdf+xml 11245 2025-07-26T06:56:24.050723 image/jpeg 2030 2025-07-26T06:56:23.990728 image/jpeg 418627 2025-07-26T06:56:23.376748 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