Project Gutenberg 2006-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 207 Vance, Louis Joseph 1879 1933 The Bronze Bell Produced by Suzanne Shell, Janice Piette, Sheila Vogtmann, Elaine Walker, and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders "The Bronze Bell" by Louis Joseph Vance is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story introduces David Amber, a young man who finds himself entwined in a mysterious series of events following his arrival in the quaint village of Nokomis, where he encounters an enigmatic Bengali man (a babu) and an intriguing young woman, Sophia Farrell, who appears to have connections to Amber's past. At the start of the narrative, Amber disembarks from a train only to discover that he has been left without the expected welcome. The opening chapter paints a vivid setting of a late autumn landscape, full of quiet charm yet tinged with mystery. As Amber sets off along a secluded forest road, he unexpectedly encounters a girl on horseback, whose subsequent accident leads him to a peculiar confrontation with the babu. This encounter soon spirals into a complex narrative involving a stolen bronze box, an unexplained message from the titular "Bell," and hints at deeper plots and personal secrets that connect all the characters. The blend of suspense, romance, and adventure sets the stage for an engaging story that promises to explore themes of identity, obligation, and the tangled nature of human connections. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 71.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fiction Adventure stories PS Text Category: Romance Category: Adventure Category: Novels 600469 2025-10-04T10:17:04.224038 text/html 600301 2025-01-12T18:37:57.003722 text/html 298315 2025-10-04T10:17:12.096965 application/epub+zip 307443 2025-10-04T10:17:06.033121 application/epub+zip 307442 2025-10-04T10:17:04.916069 application/epub+zip 523761 2025-10-04T10:17:16.870972 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 486228 2025-10-04T10:17:11.389009 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 463554 2022-09-05T06:07:54.227997 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 544877 2025-10-04T10:17:03.697034 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 544837 2020-12-27T05:59:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 544828 2020-12-27T05:59:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19389 2025-10-04T10:17:17.001951 application/rdf+xml 12643 2025-10-04T10:17:05.401105 image/jpeg 3332 2025-10-04T10:17:05.157015 image/jpeg 219579 2020-12-27T05:59:34 application/octet-stream application/zip 219538 2020-12-27T05:59:34 application/octet-stream application/zip 293660 2025-10-04T10:17:04.269017 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