Project Gutenberg 2006-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 332 Vance, Louis Joseph 1879 1933 Fogarty, Thomas 1873 1938 Fogarty, Thomas J. The Black Bag Suzanne Shell, Leonard Johnson and PG Distributed Proofreading "The Black Bag" by Louis Joseph Vance is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows Philip Kirkwood, a young American artist who finds himself in a challenging situation after a disaster in San Francisco leaves him stranded and nearly penniless in London. Struggling with feelings of isolation and despair, Kirkwood encounters a series of unusual characters that set the stage for a tale filled with adventure and intrigue. The opening of the book presents Philip Kirkwood in his bleak London hotel room, reflecting on his misfortunes and contemplating the future. He is soon visited by Mr. Brentwick, an elder friend who expresses concern over Kirkwood’s plans to return to America. After their conversation, Kirkwood meets Mr. Calendar, an enigmatic figure who offers a dubious proposition involving a passage to America in exchange for a "trifling service." Unfazed by Calendar's odd behavior, Kirkwood navigates a mysterious encounter with a young woman named Dorothy Calendar, leading to a series of fraught events where danger lurks in unexpected corners and sets the tone for the adventures to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/9779/9779-h/images/covers.jpg file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/9779/9779-h/images/covers.jpg Reading ease score: 72.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Adventure stories Mystery fiction Jewel thieves -- Fiction PS Text Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923 Category: Adventure Category: Novels 628049 2025-08-04T09:54:58.414360 text/html 607705 2025-07-10T10:29:38 text/html 1890778 2025-08-04T09:55:05.471316 application/epub+zip 1890625 2025-08-04T09:54:59.336378 application/epub+zip 335688 2025-08-04T09:54:58.851352 application/epub+zip 2047921 2025-08-04T09:55:10.341305 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2020874 2025-08-04T09:55:05.014362 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 448473 2022-09-05T05:19:20.303051 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 593122 2025-08-04T09:54:57.658384 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 573352 2025-07-10T10:29:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17374 2025-08-04T09:55:10.481293 application/rdf+xml 13549 2025-08-04T09:54:58.956345 image/jpeg 2105 2025-08-04T09:54:58.904419 image/jpeg 1993860 2025-08-04T09:54:58.501399 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