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Man and Maid

Edith Nesbit

Publisher: Sovereign

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Summary

An extraordinary selection of supernatural stories from the master of mystery and fantasy storytelling Edith Nesbit. This selection includes: The Haunted Inheritance, The Power of Darkness, The Stranger who might have been Observed, Rack and Thumbscrew, The Millionairess, The Hermit of The Yews, The Aunt and the Editor, Miss Mouse, The Old Wife, The House of Silence, The Girl at the Tobacconist's, While it is Yet Day, Alcibiades.
Available since: 04/09/2018.

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