The House of a Thousand Candles (version 2): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The House of a Thousand Candles (version 2), 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 (version 2), by Meredith Nicholson. Read by Eric Leach. A reputedly wealthy and eccentric old man dies in Vermont. His home, the House of a Thousand Candles, so called for the owner's preference to candle light, is left empty save a faithful servant -- his fortune mysteriously vanished, though rumored to still have been hidden in the house somewhere. John Glenarm, the late old man's grandson, stands to inherit the estate (and so the secret fortune) under the stipulation that he live in the house for one year. If he fails, the house will be forfeited and awarded to Marian Devereaux, the niece of the nun who operates the nearby Saint Agatha's School for girls. Mister Pickering, the executor of the estate and childhood rival of John's, decides to find the hidden treasure before young Glenarm does. (Summary by Eric Leach)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The House of a Thousand Candles (version 2)
• Author credits: Meredith Nicholson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 29
• Listed recording duration: 7:29:38

Catalogue topics

• mystery
• adventure
• fiction
• The House of a Thousand Candles
• Meredith Nicholson

Opening tracks: first 24 of 29

1. 01 - The Will of John Marshall Glenarm — 25:51
2. 02 - A Face at Sherry's — 17:09
3. 03 - The House of a Thousand Candles — 13:27
4. 04 - A Voice From the Lake — 19:56
5. 05 - A Red Tam-O'-Shanter — 20:13
6. 06 - The Girl and the Canoe — 10:24
7. 07 - The Man on the Wall — 15:19
8. 08 - A String of Gold Beads — 12:03
9. 09 - The Girl and The Rabbit — 19:55
10. 10 - An Affair With the Caretaker — 15:19
11. 11 - I Receive a Caller — 12:33
12. 12 - I Explore a Passage — 14:38
13. 13 - A Pair of Eavesdroppers — 13:47
14. 14 - The Girl in Gray — 16:03
15. 15 - I Make an Engagement — 10:49
16. 16 - The Passing of Olivia — 15:50
17. 17 - Sister Theresa — 14:53
18. 18 - Golden Butterflies — 16:43
19. 19 - I Meet an Old Friend — 17:51
20. 20 - A Triple Alliance — 14:39
21. 21 - Pickering Serves Notice — 11:31
22. 22 - The Return of Marian Devereux — 11:29
23. 23 - The Door of Bewilderment — 18:15
24. 24 - A Prowler of the Night — 13:42

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