The House of a Thousand Candles (Library of Indiana Classics) [Hardcover]

Meredith Nicholson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 22, 1986 | Series: Library of Indiana Classics

This classic romantic thriller contains all the elements of a good mystery story: an isolated mansion inhabited by mysterious creatures, a handsome hero, duels, ghosts, and an old-fashioned shoot-out.

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About the Author

Meredith Nicholson (1866–1947) was a best-selling author from Indiana, United States, a politician, and a diplomat. Nicholson was born on December 9, 1866 in Crawfordsville, Indiana, to Edward Willis Nicholson and the former Emily Meredith. Largely self-taught, Nicholson began a newspaper career in 1884 at the Indianapolis Sentinel. He moved to the Indianapolis News the following year, where he remained until 1897. He wrote Short Flights in 1891, and continued to publish extensively, both poetry and prose until 1928. During the first quarter of the 20th century, Nicholson, along with Booth Tarkington, George Ade, and James Whitcomb Riley helped to create a Golden Age of literature in Indiana. Three of his books from that era were national bestsellers: The House of a Thousand Candle, The Port of Missing Men, and A Hoosier Chronicle. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (March 22, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0253328527
• ISBN-13: 978-0253328526
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.8 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,022,743 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Big Fan, July 14, 2010

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R. Valdez "tomfarr" (in my room) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The House of a Thousand Candles (Library of Indiana Classics) (Hardcover)

I've been enjoying this book for the last 35 years. It is always a treat. I easily recommend it to anyone that wants to escape into the past for a few days.

This book inspired me to collect as many of Meredith Nicholson's writings as I could; but in my opinion, the rest fail to meet this high-water mark.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Right Mixture, May 9, 2011

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Dom Santos (Anaheim, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The House of a Thousand Candles (Kindle Edition)

"The House of a Thousand Candles" by Meredith Nicholson was a delightful read. Well-written and quick-paced, the tale had just the right mixture of characters and circumstances, mystery and suspense, romance and skullduggery, to make for an enjoyable read. The only part that stretched credulity was the shootout in the library and why no one was seriously wounded or killed with all those bullets flying around. Other than that and the usual eBook typos (although minimal) and the strange over-usage of exclamation points (the 1909 style of punctuation?), the book was worth the time to read.

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best examples of native american fiction -unique, September 20, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The House of a Thousand Candles (Library of Indiana Classics) (Paperback)

The highly mannered style and aggrandized gaze of Nicholson's world nevertheless delights and enchants the reader with the silken kaleidoscope of sensory values pulled through narrow golden hoop of the written page. Indiana's lace-edged tintype history gleams with romance, mystery, substance. I am proud to own this signed first edition, and collect Nicholsons where others have imprudently overlooked them. The story begins as the hero enters the scene, nodding at the criminal foil, the stately and perfect heroine(American style if you please,) and the lifelong friend of the old school. Never again shall a writer look to the future and look back over the shoulder of American History with such finesse. A grand mystery, may Hollywood never grab it!