The Beautiful White Devil
A young woman's life is turned upside down when she discovers her husband is leading a double life and has been involved with a mysterious and beautiful woman who may be more than just a mistress.
By Guy Boothby · First published 1906 · Genre: Adventure, Crime, Romance · 16 chapters · 95,542 words
First lines
The night was sweltering hot, even for Hong Kong. The town clock had just chimed a quarter-past ten, and though the actual sound of the striking had died away, the vibration of the bells lingered for nearly half a minute on the murky stillness of the air. In spite of the exertions of the punkah coolie, the billiard-room of the Occidental Hotel was like the furnace-doors of Sheol. Benwell, of the Chinese Revenue cutter _Y-Chang_, and Peckle, of the English cruiser _Tartaric_, stripped nearly to the buff, were laboriously engaged upon a hundred up; while Maloney, of the San Francisco mail-boat, and I, George De Normanville, looked on, and encouraged them with sarcasms and utterly irrational advice.
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- Work type: Novel
- Author: Guy Boothby
- Date: 1906 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Adventure, Crime, Romance, Mystery, Historical
- Length: 95,542 words
- Structure: 16 chapters, 1,683 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)
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Genres
- Adventure — The plot centers around thrilling escapades and daring exploits.
- Crime — The narrative involves criminal activities and the pursuit of justice.
- Romance — There are significant romantic elements intertwined with the main storyline.
- Mystery — The story includes elements of intrigue and suspense, with secrets to be uncovered.
Tags
Romance · Adventure · Fantasy · Supernatural · Mystery · Thriller · Drama · Historical Fiction · Victorian Era · Gothic Horror · Dark Fantasy · Female Protagonist
Contents
- How I Come to Hear of the Beautiful White Devil
- An Eventful Voyage
- The Beautiful White Devil
- The Home of the Beautiful White Devil
- How we Fought the Plague
- A Trip into the Country
- An Exciting Day
- A Queer Surprise
- How we Succeeded in our Enterprise
- Retribution
- A Typhoon
- The First of May
- Remanded
- Plotting and Planning
- How we Succeeded
- Our Marriage, and the Settlement again