MAURIER: The House on the Strand
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Dick Young stays in his friend Professor Magnus Lane's house in Cornwall, on the understanding he will be a guinea-pig for a new drug that Magnus has...
Dick Young stays in his friend Professor Magnus Lane's house in Cornwall, on the understanding he will be a guinea-pig for a new drug that Magnus has developed. As a result of the experiment he is transported back to fourteenth-century Cornwall. With each 'trip' he becomes more and more involved with Medieval intrigue, adultery and murder. Is it merely hallucination; a subconscious escape from his own complicated life, or a real journey into the past? He becomes obsessed with the world he visits, and past and present eventually become inextricably and perilously mixed.
The House on the Strand (more info)
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The first thing I noticed was the clarity of the air… - 4:13
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I might have stood for ever, entranced… - 4:41
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The rush-strewn floor was littered… - 5:29
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It must have taken the best part of ten minutes… - 5:59
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He had gone. I was left holding the receiver… - 4:03
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It rained the following day… - 3:54
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The entrance gate at the far end… - 5:29
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The Bishop, keen-eyed, alert, was missing nothing - 4:58
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There had been no perceptible transition - 4:11
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I dialled the number of Magnus’s flat… - 5:36
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There was an airmail letter from Vita… - 3:23
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I packed up bottle B with great care… - 3:16
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This time, sitting motionless… - 5:20
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November…May…Six months must have passed… - 5:04
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She pushed aside her frame… - 5:18
The House on the Strand (more info)
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Feeling had returned to my limbs… - 4:19
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The telephone started ringing… - 5:03
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When I had dressed I went to the garage… - 4:43
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I had hardly put down the receiver… - 3:39
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The kitchen itself had become the living quarters… - 4:11
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‘Enter, sir, and welcome…’ - 4:20
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We came to the other side of the house… - 3:48
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‘Hi, Dick,’ called the boys… - 5:20
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I noticed an unopened letter on my desk - 4:21
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The next day being Sunday… - 4:29
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‘Let me stay another night…’ - 5:06
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She did not look at him… - 5:19
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If Magnus had wanted to drop a deliberate brick… - 7:31
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There was just enough breeze… - 3:27
The House on the Strand (more info)
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The moon awakened me - 4:44
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The monk, despite his preoccupation… - 5:51
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They were too intent upon their task… - 6:32
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I lay there waiting for the nausea… - 6:15
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It was like cutting off the only link… - 4:52
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I did not wake up until after ten… - 5:32
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Why the hell hadn’t Magnus telephoned… - 5:18
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I went along to my dressing-room… - 3:53
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There was a police car drawn up outside… - 4:03
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It would make sense to no one - 3:47
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The next morning she took the boys… - 5:11
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I went back into the house… - 4:38
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Magnus’s lawyer, Herbert Dench… - 5:26
The House on the Strand (more info)
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It was snowing - 5:03
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Isolda was standing by the window… - 5:30
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Roger, opening the hall-door… - 3:16
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Self-preservation is common to all living things… - 4:28
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The date of the inquest was fixed… - 3:27
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The inquest was over… - 3:02
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I heard her walk through the hall to the kitchen… - 5:59
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He lifted his head and listened - 4:09
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I knew it must happen, and it did - 3:33
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There was nothing I could do - 5:20
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The depth of an abyss… - 4:19
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I had the impression that everything… - 4:38
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We sat in the lounge at Exeter airport… - 4:59
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He shook his head… - 5:01
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There can have been no one in the loft… - 6:12
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I could not remember any more… - 4:04