Le Fanu’s inimitable style continues with The Evil Guest, a murder mystery fraught with dark imagery and mysterious characters. An unwanted guest visiting a dreary and isolated home is murdered; the thriller leads the reader down countless ‘dead’ ends before revealing the identity of the guilty party. (Introduction by Cathy Barratt)
Chapters
1 01 (Beginning ... "Dear Madame, how happy -- how very happy you make me.") 22 min 2 02 (Had Ithuriel touched with his spear, ... "Thank you ma'am -- God bless you," said the man, withdrawing.) 19 min 3 03 (Mrs. Marston rang the bell ... yet mighty things were involved in the alternative.) 18 min 4 04 (There was a deeper gloom than usual ... "which you fear to tell me of.") 18 min 5 05 ("My looks! Why, curse it" ... "will, I fear, affect him most deplorably.") 17 min 6 06 (The young man kissed her tenderly ... they were summoned together to prosecute.) 18 min 7 07 (There remained still to be examined ... glance at ther companion, but did not speak.) 18 min 8 08 ("Mr. Marston still persists" ... "J. Danvers") 17 min 9 09 ("He regards it as a merciful interposition" ... continued to sob and weep.) 20 min 10 10 (The party were suddenly recalled ... wondering, and weeping.) 18 min 11 11 (Two or three days passed, ... bleak and bitter enough they were.) 19 min 12 12 (Some weeks passed away, ... among them in a horrid dream.) 13 min 13 13 (Time passed on: ... "from which you would save him.") 12 min 14 14 ("I am, myself, that patient," ... "What further happened you already know.") 17 min 15 15 (Charles listened with breathless attention ... End.) 14 min
