The circular staircase
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- 48 Want to read
- 1 Currently reading
- 22 Have read
This is the story of how a middle-aged spinster lost her mind, deserted her domestic gods in the city, took a furnished house for the summer out of town, and found herself involved in one of those mysterious crimes that keep our newspapers and detective agencies happy and prosperous. For twenty years I had been perfectly comfortable; for twenty years I had had the window-boxes filled in the spring, the carpets lifted, the awnings put up and the furniture covered with brown linen; for as many summers I had said good-by to my friends, and, after watching their perspiring hegira, had settled down to a delicious quiet in town, where the mail comes three times a day, and the water supply does not depend on a tank on the roof.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: /languages/eng
Subjects
Classic Literature, Fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Innes, rachel (fictitious character), fiction, Adirondack mountains (n.y.), fiction, Fiction, suspense, Large type books, Open Library Staff Picks, Middle-aged women, Investigation, Murder, Country homes, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Crime, fiction, United states, fiction, Country homes -- Fiction, Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction, Mystery fiction, Middle-aged women -- Fiction, MysteryPlaces
United StatesShowing 8 featured editions. View all 182 editions?
| Edition | Availability |
|---|---|
1
|
zzzz
|
2
|
eeee
|
3
The circular staircase
1987, Books on Tape
sound recording /
in /languages/eng
- Special library ed.
|
cccc
|
4
The Circular staircase
1985, Carroll & Graf, New York Zebra 1985., Carroll & Graf Publishers
in /languages/eng
0881841064 9780881841060
|
cccc
|
5
The circular staircase
1977, University Extension, University of California, San Diego
in /languages/eng
0891630279 9780891630272
|
aaaa
|
6
|
bbbb
|
7
|
bbbb
|
8
|
bbbb
|
Book Details
Edition Notes
Classifications
The Physical Object
Edition Identifiers
Work Identifiers
Source records
First Sentence
"THIS is the story of how a middle-aged spinster lost her mind, deserted her domestic gods in the city, took a furnished house for the summer out of town, and found herself involved in one of those mysterious crimes that keep our newspapers and detective agencies happy and prosperous."
Community Reviews (0)
Lists
History
- Created April 1, 2008
- 8 revisions
Wikipedia citation
×CloseCopy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Need help?
| October 11, 2020 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
| June 1, 2019 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
| July 31, 2014 | Edited by ImportBot | import new book |
| August 4, 2010 | Edited by IdentifierBot | added LibraryThing ID |
| April 1, 2008 | Created by an anonymous user | initial import |