Project Gutenberg 2006-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 186 Bell, J. J. (John Joy) 1871 1934 Bell, John Joy Till the Clock Stops Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Tilt the Clock Stops" by J. J. Bell is a novel written during the early 20th century. The story revolves around Alan Craig, a young man eager to embark on an Arctic expedition, and the complex dynamics between him and several other characters who intertwine their fates through a will, diamonds, and the looming presence of death. The opening of the book introduces Alan as he finalizes a significant agreement in the directors' room of the Aasvogel Syndicate that will enable him to fulfill his long-held ambition of exploring the Arctic. He expresses heartfelt gratitude to the men supporting him, particularly to Robert Lancaster and Francis Bullard, who have provided financial backing. As the scene unfolds, it is revealed that Alan has a strained relationship with his Uncle Christopher Craig, who is nearing death and holds a mystery surrounding a valuable collection of diamonds. This prologue sets the stage for a narrative rich with themes of ambition, loyalty, the implications of wealth, and the secrets that lie within familial bonds, all of which promise to evolve intriguingly as the plot unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Adventure stories Mystery fiction PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 451472 2025-06-04T11:06:18.769968 text/html 451293 2025-01-12T18:23:15.833474 text/html 229368 2025-06-04T11:06:27.318893 application/epub+zip 235612 2025-06-04T11:06:20.930916 application/epub+zip 235612 2025-06-04T11:06:19.537980 application/epub+zip 432140 2025-06-04T11:06:32.254895 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 395431 2025-06-04T11:06:26.494980 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 370454 2022-09-05T05:50:15.262937 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 395259 2025-06-04T11:06:18.273933 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 395237 2020-12-27T00:43:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 152604 2020-12-27T00:43:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 395228 2020-12-27T00:43:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 152576 2020-12-27T00:43:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19435 2025-06-04T11:06:32.404888 application/rdf+xml 12393 2025-06-04T11:06:20.221949 image/jpeg 3417 2025-06-04T11:06:19.943015 image/jpeg 223577 2025-06-04T11:06:18.810946 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