The mystery at Lilac Inn by Carolyn Keene
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The Mystery at Lilac Inn is the fourth volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1930 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. Mildred Wirt Benson was the ghostwriter of the 1930 edition. In 1961, Harriet Stratemeyer Adams extensively revised the novel, creating a completely different story. The original omitted the lead characters from much of the action, the titular inn was only a place where a crime
was committed with minor investigatory follow-up, and a domestic help subplot was out of place in 1961. Ethnic slurs and opinions were removed. (This summary is from Wikipedia.)
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| Author | Keene, Carolyn |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Tandy, Russell H., 1891-1963 |
| Title | The mystery at Lilac Inn |
| Original Publication | New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930. |
| Series Title | Nancy Drew mystery stories ; 4 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mystery_at_Lilac_Inn |
| Credits | Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Summary |
The Mystery at Lilac Inn is the fourth volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1930 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. Mildred Wirt Benson was the ghostwriter of the 1930 edition. In 1961, Harriet Stratemeyer Adams extensively revised the novel, creating a completely different story. The original omitted the lead characters from much of the action, the titular inn was only a place where a crime was committed with minor investigatory follow-up, and a domestic help subplot was out of place in 1961. Ethnic slurs and opinions were removed. (This summary is from Wikipedia.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Teenage girls -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Mystery and detective stories |
| Subject | Theft -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Women detectives -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Drew, Nancy (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 77873 |
| Release Date | Feb 6, 2026 |
| Last Update | Feb 12, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 670 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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