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The House of a Thousand Candles (version 2)

Meredith Nicholson (1866 - 1947)

A reputedly wealthy and eccentric old man dies in Vermont. His home, the House of a Thousand Candles, so called for the owner's preference to candle light, is left empty save a faithful servant -- his fortune mysteriously vanished, though rumored to still have been hidden in the house somewhere. John Glenarm, the late old man's grandson, stands to inherit the estate (and so the secret fortune) under the stipulation that he live in the house for one year. If he fails, the house will be forfeited and awarded to Marian Devereaux, the niece of the nun who operates the nearby Saint Agatha's School for girls. Mister Pickering, the executor of the estate and childhood rival of John's, decides to find the hidden treasure before young Glenarm does.

Genre(s): Crime & Mystery Fiction

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	01 - The Will of John Marshall Glenarm	Eric Leach	00:25:51
Play 02	02 - A Face at Sherry’s	Eric Leach	00:17:08
Play 03	03 - The House of a Thousand Candles	Eric Leach	00:13:26
Play 04	04 - A Voice From the Lake	Eric Leach	00:19:55
Play 05	05 - A Red Tam-O'-Shanter	Eric Leach	00:20:13
Play 06	06 - The Girl and the Canoe	Eric Leach	00:10:23
Play 07	07 - The Man on the Wall	Eric Leach	00:15:18
Play 08	08 - A String of Gold Beads	Eric Leach	00:12:02
Play 09	09 - The Girl and The Rabbit	Eric Leach	00:19:54
Play 10	10 - An Affair With the Caretaker	Eric Leach	00:15:18
Play 11	11 - I Receive a Caller	Eric Leach	00:12:32
Play 12	12 - I Explore a Passage	Eric Leach	00:14:37
Play 13	13 - A Pair of Eavesdroppers	Eric Leach	00:13:47
Play 14	14 - The Girl in Gray	Eric Leach	00:16:03
Play 15	15 - I Make an Engagement	Eric Leach	00:10:48
Play 16	16 - The Passing of Olivia	Eric Leach	00:15:49
Play 17	17 - Sister Theresa	Eric Leach	00:14:52
Play 18	18 - Golden Butterflies	Eric Leach	00:16:43
Play 19	19 - I Meet an Old Friend	Eric Leach	00:17:50
Play 20	20 - A Triple Alliance	Eric Leach	00:14:38
Play 21	21 - Pickering Serves Notice	Eric Leach	00:11:30
Play 22	22 - The Return of Marian Devereux	Eric Leach	00:11:28
Play 23	23 - The Door of Bewilderment	Eric Leach	00:18:15
Play 24	24 - A Prowler of the Night	Eric Leach	00:13:42
Play 25	25 - Besieged	Eric Leach	00:14:35
Play 26	26 - The Fight in the Library	Eric Leach	00:25:43
Play 27	27 - Changes and Chances	Eric Leach	00:14:22
Play 28	28 - Shorter Vistas	Eric Leach	00:08:12
Play 29	29 - And So the Light Led Me	Eric Leach	00:14:44

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