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Old House of Fear is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Kirk, Russell (1918–1994).
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"Old House of Fear" by Russell Kirk is a novel written in the mid-20th century. A Gothic suspense tale set on a forbidding Hebridean island, it follows American lawyer Hugh Logan, sent by magnate Duncan MacAskival to buy the ancestral stronghold, only to meet resistance from secretive locals, shady mainland agents, and eerie legends surrounding the Old House of Fear. Expect storm-battered coasts, clan history, religious and folkloric undertones, and a tightening conspiracy. The opening of the novel sets rumors swirling around Carnglass—mysterious fires, gunshots, and a reclusive Lady MacAskival—prompting Duncan to dispatch Logan after a cryptic water-stained note calls for “confidential agents” and “immediate action.” Duncan briefs him on the island’s bleak past and the brooding castle, while an old pamphlet layers in superstitions about a “Third Eye,” lost “Table-Men,” and darker legends. In Glasgow, Logan runs into a wall of silence, a slippery “commission agent” linked to the estate, and a back‑alley assault, then notices a nervous, pseudo-military watcher. In Oban, that watcher—Captain Gare—tries to bribe him off, hinting a “friend” controls the Lady’s affairs; Logan bluffs with the name Jackman and scares him away. Pressing on via South Uist, Logan hires a hard-bitten fisherman to drop him by night near Carnglass, rows a dinghy through treacherous reefs at dawn, and staggers ashore at the ruined clachan of Dalcruach. He finds shelter in a soot-blackened crofter’s hut, warms himself by a peat fire, and, as the section closes, readies to venture inland into the island’s mystery.
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- Title: Old House of Fear
- Author credits: Kirk, Russell (1918–1994)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Americans -- Scotland -- Fiction
- Gothic fiction
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