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A Creature of the Night: An Italian Enigma

Fergus Hume

The story begins with him pursuing a shadowy figure linked to a haunting past and suggests themes of love, betrayal, and the supernatural.

"A Creature of the Night: An Italian Enigma" by Fergus Hume is a novel. The story begins with him pursuing a shadowy figure linked to a haunting past and suggests themes of love, betrayal, and the supernatural.

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I think it is Lord Beaconsfield who, in one of his brilliant stories, makes the clever observation that "adventures are to the adventurous," and certainly he who seeks for adventures even in this prosaic nineteenth century will surely succeed in his quest. Fate leads him, chance guides him, luck assists him, and although the adventure supplied by this trinity of circumstances may be neither so dangerous nor so picturesque as in the time of Borgia or Lazun, still it will probably be interesting, which after all is something to be grateful for in this eminently commonplace age of facts and figures. Still, even he who seeks not to prove the truth of Disraeli's aphorism, may, after the principle of Mahomet's mountain, have the adventure come to him, without the trouble of looking for it, and this was my case at Verona in the summer of 18--.

Contents

  1. 01Chapter I.
  2. 02The Ghoul
  3. 03Chapter II.
  4. 04A Boccaccian Adventure
  5. 05Chapter III.
  6. 06The Feast of Ghosts
  7. 07Chapter IV.
  8. 08The Angello Household
  9. 09Chapter V.
  10. 10Lost
  11. 11Chapter VI.
  12. 12A Haunted Palace
  13. 13Chapter VII.
  14. 14At the Teatro Ezzelino
  15. 15Chapter VIII.
  16. 16The Phantom of Lucrezia Borgia
  17. 17Chapter IX.
  18. 18Fiore Della Casa
  19. 19Chapter X.
  20. 20A Voice in the Darkness
  21. 21Chapter XI.
  22. 22The Marchese Beltrami
  23. 23Chapter XII.
  24. 24Death in Life
  25. 25Chapter XIII.
  26. 26"Down Among the Dead Men."
  27. 27Chapter XIV.
  28. 28The New Lazarus
  29. 29Chapter XV.
  30. 30Found
  31. 31Chapter XVI.
  32. 32An Interrupted Honeymoon
  33. 33Chapter XVII.
  34. 34Nemesis.
  35. 35Chapter XVIII.
  36. 36A Last Word
  37. 37Finis.

About this edition

Author
Fergus Hume
Language
English
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
185 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers

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