
By Fergus Hume
PROLOGUE — CAST UP BY THE SEA
PART I.
CHAPTER I. — THE PACTOLUS CLAIM
CHAPTER II. — SLIVERS
CHAPTER III. — MADAME MIDAS AT HOME
CHAPTER IV. — THE GOOD SAMARITAN
CHAPTER V. — MAMMON’S TREASURE HOUSE
CHAPTER VI. — KITTY
CHAPTER VII. — MR VILLIERS PAYS A VISIT
Language
en
Duration
~10 hours (585K characters)
Release date
2004-01-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1859–1932
Best known for a Victorian-era bestseller that helped shape early detective fiction, this prolific novelist wrote stories packed with secrets, suspense, and sharp social observation. His life stretched from England to New Zealand and Australia before he returned to Britain and built a remarkably large body of popular fiction.
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