The Sign of the Spider

Name: The Sign of the Spider
Author: Bertram Mitford

Bertram Mitford · 1897

A novel by Bertram Mitford, published in 1897, following Laurence Stanninghame, a middle-aged Englishman trapped in an unhappy marriage and mounting debt, who leaves his dreary suburban life to seek his fortune in Johannesburg during the gold boom.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

Topic: Historical and Classical Fiction Classic adventure and the sea Jungles, deserts, and lost worlds Southern Africa
Reader: Bibliophiles Historical and Classical Fiction Classic adventure and the sea Jungles, deserts, and lost worlds

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