The amazing adventures of Letitia Carberry by Mary Roberts Rinehart
"The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carberry" by Mary Roberts Rinehart is a novel written in the early 20th century. This story centers on Letitia "Tish" Carberry and her close friends Aggie and Lizzie, who become embroiled in an unexpected mystery set in a hospital. The narrative blends elements of lighthearted humor, eccentric character dynamics, and an intriguing blend of suspense and supernatural overtones, making it a distinctive example of Rinehart's wit and
storytelling. The opening of the novel is told from Lizzie's point of view and presents the events surrounding a strange night in a hospital, where Tish is staying for a rest cure. The tranquility is shattered when a nurse, Miss Blake, is traumatized after a corpse in the mortuary seems to mysteriously vanish and later reappear hanging from a chandelier under bizarre circumstances. The hospital staff, including the skeptical and determined Tish, are drawn into a series of peculiar events—looming superstitions, unexplained noises, apparitions, and physical evidence like a twisted pipe and a footprint on the wall. As suspicions and anxieties mount, the trio of friends begins their own investigation, aided and hampered by an array of colorful hospital staff and patients. The opening sets a comedic yet suspenseful tone, introducing both the central characters and the locked-room style puzzle that will drive the narrative forward. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Rinehart, Mary Roberts, 1876-1958 |
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| Illustrator | Christy, Howard Chandler, 1873-1952 |
| Title | The amazing adventures of Letitia Carberry |
| Original Publication | Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1911. |
| Note | Reading ease score: 82.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Contents | Part one. [An account of the strange occurrences at Dunkirk Hospital] -- Part two. [Three pirates of Penzance: the story of an automobile, a red-haired man and a bureau] -- Part three. [That awful night: three old maids in a boat.] |
| Credits | Emmanuel Ackerman, David E. Brown, Andrew Butchers, Joyce Wilson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Humorous stories, American |
| Subject | Single women -- Fiction |
| Subject | Female friendship -- Fiction |
| Subject | Carberry, Letitia (Tish, fictitious character) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Middle-aged women -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 75922 |
| Release Date | Apr 21, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1452 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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