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Lifetime: 1858 - 1932 Passed: ≈ 92 years ago

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John Meade Falkner

Books by John Meade Falkner

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Lost Stradivarius

Horror Fiction Novel Mystery
Family Love Gothic Mystery Tragedy Supernatural Obsession England Music Italy Ghost Violin Stradivarius

The Lost Stradivarius (1895), by J. Meade Falkner, is a short novel of ghosts and the evil that can be invested in an object, in this case an extremely fine Stradivarius violin. After finding the violin of the title in a hidden compartment in his col...

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Moonfleet

Adventure Mystery
Mystery Adventure Crime Treasure Historical Fiction Friendship England 18th century Seafaring Orphan Smuggling Dorset Coast Gang

The novel is set in a fishing village in Dorset during the mid 18th century. The story concerns a 15 year old orphan boy, John Trenchard, who becomes friends with an older man who turns out to be the leader of a gang of smugglers. One night John chan...

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Nebuly Coat

Westray, a young architect, is sent to the town of Cullerne to oversee repairs to the tower of the minster there. He lodges in the town in the house of a gentlewoman who has seen better days. A fellow lodger is Sharnall, the church organist, who is c...