Wrostella's Weird (Ludgate Monthly serial)

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Wrostella's Weird (1892)
by Helen Mathers

As serialized in The Ludgate Monthly, 1893 March and April. Accompanying illustrations by Arthur Hitchcock (UK; unknown death-year) omitted. Weird here is used as in dreeing one's weird: submitting to one's fate.

Terry Fitzgerald, a blue-eyed young Irishman, has fallen heir to Wrostella Castle, a bleak and lonely retreat by the sea. According to the terms of the will by which he inherited the castle, the owner must live there at least four months in the year. Thither Fitzgerald brings his fascinating Parisian bride to pass the honeymoon. Some grewsome experiences follow.... —excerpted from The Art Amateur, June 1893. Full review(s) are on the Discussion page.

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Wrostella's Weird

 (not listed in original)
  • PART I March 1892
    • Introduction
    • Chapter I
    • Chapter II
  • PART II March 1892
    • Chapter I
    • Chapter II
    • Chapter III
    • Chapter IV

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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