The House of a Thousand Candles: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The House of a Thousand Candles, credited to Meredith Nicholson, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

Librivox recording of The House of a Thousand Candles by Meredith Nicholson. Read by J. M. Smallheer. A top ten bestseller of 1906, The House of a Thousand Candles is part adventure/mystery and part romance. The book begins with young Jack Glenarm returning from various exploits in Europe and Africa for the reading of his grandfather’s will. In it, he stands to inherit his grandfather’s estate, but only if he can remain for one year in residence at the old man’s unfinished “House of a Thousand Candles” in Annandale, Indiana, with only his grandfather’s mysterious valet for company. If he violates the terms of the will, the house will go to a young woman, heretofore unknown to him, whom the will also forbids Jack to marry if he wants to retain his inheritance. This all sounds very mundane to Jack and he fully expects to be quite bored in very short order. Soon after Jack’s arrival at Glenarm House, however, various strange occurrences ensue, and he soon finds himself absorbed in the most lively adventure of his life! (summary by J. M. Smallheer) For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org.

Recording facts

• Recording title: The House of a Thousand Candles
• Author credits: Meredith Nicholson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 29
• Listed recording duration: 7:28:12

Catalogue topics

• mystery
• best-sellers

Opening tracks: first 24 of 29

1. 01 - The Will of John Marshall Glenarm — 25:48
2. 02 - A Face at Sherry's — 18:19
3. 03 - The House of a Thousand Candles — 12:51
4. 04 - A Voice from the Lake — 18:48
5. 05 - A Red Tam-O'-Shanter — 20:14
6. 06 - The Girl and the Canoe — 10:31
7. 07 - The Man on the Wall — 15:44
8. 08 - A String of Gold Beads — 12:04
9. 09 - The Girl and the Rabbit — 19:14
10. 10 - An Affair with the Caretaker — 15:59
11. 11 - I Receive a Caller — 12:25
12. 12 - I Explore a Passage — 14:51
13. 13 - A Pair of Eavesdroppers — 13:20
14. 14 - The Girl in Gray — 16:16
15. 15 - I Make An Engagement — 11:01
16. 16 - The Passing of Olivia — 14:32
17. 17 - Sister Theresa — 13:35
18. 18 - Golden Butterflies — 16:18
19. 19 - I Meet an Old Friend — 18:16
20. 20 - A Triple Alliance — 14:14
21. 21 - Pickering Serves Notice — 11:38
22. 22 - The Return of Marian Devereux — 11:36
23. 23 - The Door of Bewilderment — 19:05
24. 24 - A Prowler of the Night — 14:15

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