Dead Man's Rock
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
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About this eBook
- Author
- Quiller-Couch, Arthur, 1863-1944
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Lionel Sear
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
- Subject
- Rubies -- Fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 17842
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17842
- Release Date
- February 23, 2006
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.DEAD MAN'S ROCK. — A Romance.
- 2.By Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (Q). — CONTENTS. — BOOK I.—THE QUEST OF THE GREAT RUBY. — BOOK II—THE FINDING OF THE GREAT RUBY.
- 3.DEAD MAN'S ROCK.
- 4.BOOK I.
- 5.THE QUEST OF THE GREAT RUBY. — CHAPTER I. — TELLS OF THE STRANGE WILL OF MY GRANDFATHER, AMOS TRENOWETH. — CHAPTER II. — TELLS HOW MY FATHER WENT TO SEEK THE TREASURE; AND HOW MY MOTHER HEARD A CRY IN THE NIGHT. — CHAPTER III. — TELLS OF TWO STRANGE MEN THAT WATCHED THE SEA UPON POLKIMBRA BEACH. — CHAPTER IV. — TELLS HOW A SONG WAS SUNG AND A KNIFE DRAWN UPON DEAD MAN'S ROCK. — CHAPTER V. — TELLS HOW THE SAILOR GEORGIO RHODOJANI GAVE EVIDENCE AT THE "LUGGER INN." — CHAPTER VI. — TELLS HOW A FACE LOOKED IN AT THE WINDOW OF LANTRIG; AND IN WHAT MANNER MY FATHER CAME HOME TO US. — CHAPTER VII. — TELLS HOW UNCLE LOVEDAY MADE A DISCOVERY; AND WHAT THE TIN BOX CONTAINED. — CHAPTER VIII. — CONTAINS THE FIRST PART OF MY FATHER'S JOURNAL; SETTING FORTH HIS MEETING WITH MR. ELIHU SANDERSON, OF BOMBAY; AND MY GRANDFATHER'S MANUSCRIPT. — CHAPTER IX. — CONTAINS THE SECOND PART OF MY FATHER'S JOURNAL: SETTING FORTH HIS ADVENTURES IN THE ISLAND OF CEYLON. — CHAPTER X. — CONTAINS THE THIRD AND LAST PART OF MY FATHER'S JOURNAL: SETTING FORTH THE MUTINY ON BOARD THE BELLE FORTUNE . — CHAPTER XI. — TELLS OF THE WRITING UPON THE GOLDEN CLASP; AND HOW I TOOK DOWN THE GREAT KEY. — END OF BOOK I.
- 6.THE FINDING OF THE GREAT RUBY. — CHAPTER I. — TELLS HOW THOMAS LOVEDAY AND I WENT IN SEARCH OF FORTUNE. — CHAPTER II. — TELLS OF THE LUCK OF THE GOLDEN CLASP. — CHAPTER III. — TELLS AN OLD STORY IN THE TRADITIONAL MANNER. — CHAPTER IV. — TELLS HOW I SAW THE SHADOW OF THE ROCK; AND HOW I TOLD AND HEARD NEWS. — CHAPTER V. — TELLS HOW THE CURTAIN ROSE UPON "FRANCESCA: A TRAGEDY." — CHAPTER VI. — TELLS HOW THE BLACK AND YELLOW FAN SENT A MESSAGE; AND HOW I SAW A FACE IN THE FOG. — CHAPTER VII. — TELLS HOW CLAIRE WENT TO THE PLAY; AND HOW SHE SAW THE GOLDEN CLASP. — CHAPTER VIII. — TELLS HOW THE CURTAIN FELL UPON "FRANCESCA: A TRAGEDY." — CHAPTER IX. — TELLS HOW TWO VOICES LED ME TO BOARD A SCHOONER; AND WHAT BEFELL THERE. — CHAPTER X. — TELLS IN WHAT MANNER I LEARNT THE SECRET OF THE GREAT KEY. — CHAPTER XI. AND LAST. — TELLS HOW AT LAST I FOUND MY REVENGE AND THE GREAT RUBY.
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