Babylon, Volume 3 by Grant Allen
Babylon, Volume 3 by Grant Allen is a novel set in the late 19th century that follows the story of a young man named Harry Burrard. The book explores themes of love, betrayal, and social class as Harry navigates his way through high society in London.
By Grant Allen · First published 1894 · Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Crime · 19 chapters · 54,849 words
First lines
In the midst of an undulating sunlit plain, fresh with flowers in spring, burnt and yellow in summer and autumn, a great sordid shrivelled city blinks and festers visibly among the rags and tatters in the eye of day. Within its huge imperial walls the shrunken modern town has left a broad skirt of unoccupied hillocks; low mounds covered by stunted straggling vineyards, or broken here and there by shabby unpicturesque monasteries, with long straight pollard-lined roads stretching interminably in dreary lines between the distant boundaries. In the very centre, along some low flats that bound a dull, muddy, silent river, the actual inhabited city itself crouches humbly beneath the mouldering ruins of a nobler age. A shapeless mass of dingy, weather-stained, discoloured, tile-roofed buildings, with all its stucco peeling in the sun, it lies crowded and jammed into a narrow labyrinth of tortuous alleys, reeking with dirt, and rich in ragged filthy beggars.
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- Work type: Novel
- Author: Grant Allen
- Date: 1894 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Detective, Fiction
- Length: 54,849 words
- Structure: 19 chapters, 701 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)
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- Babylon Volume 1 by Grant Allen
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Genres
- Mystery — The plot revolves around solving a central enigma or crime, with suspenseful elements driving the narrative.
- Thriller — The story maintains a high level of tension and excitement, often involving danger and high stakes.
- Crime — The narrative focuses on criminal acts and the investigation surrounding them.
- Detective — The storyline features a detective character who plays a crucial role in unraveling the mystery.
Tags
historical fiction · ancient civilization · Babylon · cultural exploration · adventure · political intrigue · society · mythology · trade · architecture · religion · warfare
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