Project Gutenberg 2025-04-27 Public domain in the USA. 218 Jacques, Norbert 1880 1954 Clare, Lilian A. (Lilian Ada) 1865 Clare, Lilian Ada Long, Mrs. Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler. English Dr. Mabuse, master of mystery : $b a novel $aLondon :$bGeorge Allen & Unwin Ltd., $c1923. David E. Brown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Dr. Mabuse, Master of Mystery: A Novel" by Norbert Jacques is a crime and psychological thriller novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around a mysterious, manipulative criminal mastermind known as Dr. Mabuse, whose powers of deception and command over others bring chaos to the high society and criminal underworld of postwar Germany. Principal characters include Edgar Hull, a wealthy young man who falls victim to strange circumstances at the gaming table, and Herr von Wenk, a determined State Attorney drawn into the enigmatic web surrounding Dr. Mabuse. The book likely explores themes of psychological manipulation, crime, and the social atmosphere of Germany in the aftermath of war. The opening of the novel introduces an atmosphere of intrigue through a suspenseful gambling episode at an exclusive club, where Hull is entranced and systematically ruined by an elderly stranger with hypnotic eyes and mysterious abilities. Hull’s experiences grow more unsettling as he finds the stranger—going by the name Balling—has disappeared, leaving behind only confusion and impossible debts. Soon, rumors circulate about an uncanny gambler winning everywhere, constantly changing identities; meanwhile, State Attorney von Wenk is drawn in, recognizing a mounting national crisis fueled by gambling and moral decay. The narrative then shifts to von Wenk’s investigative efforts—his adoption of disguises, infiltration of gaming houses, and growing entanglement with Hull, a dancer named Cara Carozza, and other shadowy figures. Eventually, clues link these incidents to the elusive and sinister Dr. Mabuse, whose ambitions and criminal networks extend far beyond the gaming tables, threatening the social fabric itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/mabuse-norbert-jacques-1921-eng/page/n1/mode/2up 20250129192428jacques 1923 GB Reading ease score: 81.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Germany -- Fiction Gamblers -- Fiction Murderers -- Fiction Criminals -- Fiction Hypnotism and crime -- Fiction PT Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: German Literature 530626 2025-07-30T06:05:04.932020 text/html 505509 2025-04-26T23:36:26 text/html 752746 2025-07-30T06:05:12.940986 application/epub+zip 749395 2025-07-30T06:05:06.535019 application/epub+zip 362066 2025-07-30T06:05:05.647036 application/epub+zip 1321945 2025-07-30T06:05:17.692099 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1031904 2025-07-30T06:05:12.158041 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 488690 2025-07-30T06:05:03.773051 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 468731 2025-04-26T23:36:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18054 2025-07-30T06:05:17.870964 application/rdf+xml 15754 2025-07-30T06:05:05.876024 image/jpeg 1974 2025-07-30T06:05:05.763020 image/jpeg 869570 2025-07-30T06:05:04.991040 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