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The Cat and the Canary (Annotated): A Melodrama in Three Acts

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• After in traducing the author, the illustrated introduction to this eBook reviews "The Cat and the Canary” as a Broadway play and its numerous adaptation to film.
The story stems from the death and will of Cyrus West, a rich eccentric old man who felt that his relatives “have watched my wealth as if they were cats, and I— canary”. The will is to be read to his relatives twenty years after his death, in his family home, now an spooky old haunted mansion. When all are gathered, the will is read and it reveals that the entire inheritance his left to the relatives who still bear the name of West, provided they are legally sane. Annabelle West, a fragile young woman, becomes Cyrus West's legal heir. Through the evening and night, mysterious events take place, including murder, and her sanity is put to the test as someone attempts to disown her of the inheritance.

Pages: 85

Format: Kindle Edition

The Cat and the Canary (Annotated): A Melodrama in Three Acts

0/5 ( ratings)

• After in traducing the author, the illustrated introduction to this eBook reviews "The Cat and the Canary” as a Broadway play and its numerous adaptation to film.
The story stems from the death and will of Cyrus West, a rich eccentric old man who felt that his relatives “have watched my wealth as if they were cats, and I— canary”. The will is to be read to his relatives twenty years after his death, in his family home, now an spooky old haunted mansion. When all are gathered, the will is read and it reveals that the entire inheritance his left to the relatives who still bear the name of West, provided they are legally sane. Annabelle West, a fragile young woman, becomes Cyrus West's legal heir. Through the evening and night, mysterious events take place, including murder, and her sanity is put to the test as someone attempts to disown her of the inheritance.

Pages: 85

Format: Kindle Edition

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