Project Gutenberg 2025-04-12 Public domain in the USA. 352 Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) 1835 1915 Braddon, Mary Elizabeth White, Babington Breddon, Miss Maxwell, Mary Elizabeth Braddon Braddon, Mary E. The trail of the serpent $aLondon :$bSimpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., $c1890. Also published with the title: Three times dead; or, The secret of the heath. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trail_of_the_Serpent Peter Becker, Laura Natal and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Trail of the Serpent" by M. E. Braddon is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story appears to center on crime, intrigue, and personal downfall, set in the fictional English town of Slopperton. Early key characters include Jabez North, a school usher with hidden depths, and Richard Marwood, a prodigal son implicated in a heinous crime. The book likely explores themes of deception, mistaken guilt, and the dark complexities of human character. The opening of the novel sets a somber, rain-soaked scene in Slopperton, introducing Jabez North, a seemingly virtuous assistant at a boys' academy who harbors secrets and troubling behaviors. The narrative quickly shifts to the return of Richard Marwood, an outcast son, who reunites briefly with his mother and wealthy uncle, only to find himself entangled in a web of suspicion following his uncle's brutal murder. Parallel subplots introduce other troubled souls, such as a desperate woman and her child, and the movements of a mute detective named Peters. Within these opening chapters, the story lays the groundwork for a mystery, focusing on the wrongful accusation of Richard, the suspicion cast on various townsfolk, and the interplay between outward respectability and inner corruption. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/trailofserpentno00brad 20201009112610braddon 1890 gb Reading ease score: 75.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories Serial murders -- Fiction Yorkshire (England) -- Fiction Foundlings -- Fiction Murderers -- Fiction Paris (France) -- Fiction Suspense fiction Judicial error -- Fiction Mute persons -- Fiction Bankers -- Fiction PR Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: British Literature 941817 2025-07-30T05:26:58.741225 text/html 915970 2025-04-12T09:42:45 text/html 824532 2025-07-30T05:27:11.380080 application/epub+zip 821332 2025-07-30T05:27:00.758126 application/epub+zip 586158 2025-07-30T05:26:59.670175 application/epub+zip 1577197 2025-07-30T05:27:19.209032 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1511915 2025-07-30T05:27:10.369085 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 880764 2025-07-30T05:26:56.522168 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 860850 2025-04-12T09:42:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18983 2025-07-30T05:27:19.535022 application/rdf+xml 24824 2025-07-30T05:26:59.928115 image/jpeg 3262 2025-07-30T05:26:59.809132 image/jpeg 1145487 2025-07-30T05:26:58.824170 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