A complete issue · 82 pages · 1879
The Argosy, Vol. 27
A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1879 — all 82 pages of painted-cover fiction magazines that launched science fiction, horror, and hardboiled crime, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.
A complete issue · 82 pages · 1879
Chapter XIII of this serial novel depicts Adela Granard and her young ward Emily Stormount settling into comfortable lodgings with Mrs. Keith, a former London servant turned landlady. Mrs. Keith's house near a county town accommodates various lodgers, including the scholarly Archdeacon Burleigh, whose vast book collection fills the premises. Emily adjusts to their new home with visits from family friends Lewis Frankland and Kate Combermere. The narrative introduces complications: Emily's stepfather, the Professor, has appeared in the neighborhood seeking the child, claiming her dying mother sent an urgent message. Kate's father intercepted him and refuses to divulge their address. Paul, a servant, tracks the Professor to the Green Rushes inn. Mrs. Keith, entrusted with their situation, responds with motherly sympathy and support against this perceived threat to the young charge.
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