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70 totalTHE TOWER OF OBLIVION - THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO · DALLAS ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO - MACMILLAN & CO., Limited LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA MELBOURNE - THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, Ltd. TORONTO
The Tower of Oblivion - BY - OLIVER ONIONS - AUTHOR OF "A CASE IN CAMERA," ETC. - New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1921 All rights reserved
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - Copyright, 1921, By OLIVER ONIONS - Set up and printed. Published November, 1921. - Press of J. J. Little & Ives Company New York, U. S. A.
To NIGEL PLAYFAIR and the Ladies and Gentlemen of "THE BEGGAR'S OPERA COMPANY" (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, June 5th, 1920) who were so constantly his "pleasure and soft repose" while the following pages were writing, this book is dedicated by their friend and well-wisher The Author Kensington 1921
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PART I - THE SIDESTEP
THE TOWER OF OBLIVION
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Description
In a dimly lit basement suite off the Strand, the secretive Lyonnesse Club gathers under the hum of electric lights. There, the narrator watches his old friend Derwent Rose, a striking figure whose ageless appearance and military past hide a deeper unrest. When Rose becomes transfixed by a simple moonlit print, the ordinary scene hints at an unsettling shift.
As the evening unfolds, the club’s members sense that something beyond the surface is stirring—an obsession, a hidden memory, perhaps the first crack in a carefully constructed façade. The narrative follows the narrator’s attempts to understand the change in his friend, weaving together wartime reminiscences, literary ambition, and a looming sense of danger. Listeners are drawn into a tale of intrigue that balances sharp social observation with a creeping mystery, all set against the backdrop of post‑war London.
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en
Duration
~13 hours (770K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by David Clarke, Pat McCoy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Release date
2010-12-19
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
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About the author
Oliver Onions
1873–1961
Best known for eerie, finely crafted ghost stories, this English writer also moved easily through realism, mystery, and historical fiction. His work combines a quiet, observant style with an unsettling sense that everyday life can suddenly turn strange.
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