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The Marriage of Esther (Annotated) - cover

The Marriage of Esther (Annotated)

Guy Boothby

Publisher: ePembaBooks

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Summary

This edition includes the following editor's introduction: Guy Boothby's style and literary impact


Set amidst a rough-and-tumble community of settlers on a remote island off the coast of Australia, Guy Boothby's “The Marriage of Esther” combines the best qualities of classic action-adventure fiction with an ingeniously plotted mystery -- and right in the middle of all of it is a heart-tugging romance.

Guy Newell Boothby was a prolific Australian novelist and writer, noted for sensational fiction in variety magazines around the end of the nineteenth century. He wrote his masterpiece “The Marriage of Esther” in 1895.
Available since: 02/27/2022.

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