The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes
"The Lodger" by Marie Belloc Lowndes is a horror novel first published as a short story in 1911, later expanded and published in 1913. Mr. and Mrs. Bunting, struggling London lodging-house owners, desperately need income when mysterious Mr. Sleuth arrives as their sole guest. As brutal murders plague nearby neighborhoods, Mrs. Bunting notices disturbing patterns in their lodger's behavior. Torn between financial necessity and mounting suspicion, the couple must confront a terrifying
possibility that could destroy everything. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Lowndes, Marie Belloc, 1868-1947 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Lodger |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lodger_(novel) |
| Credits | an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 82.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Detective and mystery stories |
| Subject | Serial murders -- Fiction |
| Subject | Whitechapel (London, England) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Jack, the Ripper -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 2014 |
| Release Date | Mar 13, 2005 |
| Last Update | Apr 22, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 705 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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