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A costly necklace sits at the center of a world where wealth, love, and secrets are hard to separate.
In The Corbin Necklace, Henry Kitchell Webster brings mystery and romance into the world of wealth and social position. A valuable piece of jewelry anchors the puzzle. Around it, appearances invite doubt, and a love interest complicates the search for truth. Trust matters, but so does the caution that suspicion brings.
This is a mystery of manners as well as deception. Money gives the setting its tension, while hidden motives make appearances uncertain. Webster's early twentieth-century fiction offers a slower, more courteous pace: conversations have room to unfold, social rules carry weight, and love and doubt pull in different directions.
What you’ll discover
- A jewel at the center Follow a puzzle built around costly jewelry in a world shaped by wealth.
- Romance shadowed by doubt Explore the tension between wanting to trust someone and having reasons for caution.
- Appearances worth questioning Look past what people show as deception complicates the search for truth.
- Manners that matter Enter a social world where money and position give the mystery its texture.
- Room to follow suspicion Settle into longer conversations and a measured pace that lets uncertainty linger.
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For readers who love early twentieth century American fiction, jewelry and society puzzles, and romance mixed with suspense.
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- Wealth sets the stage for trouble
- Romance and suspicion pull together
- Deception is the engine of the plot
- How to read a period mystery
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The Corbin Necklace is a novel by Henry Kitchell Webster, an American writer who worked in the early twentieth century. It belongs to the world of the popular mystery and romance, where money, social position and secrets sit close together.
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Wealth sets the stage for trouble
Webster wrote in a period when American fiction often looked at the newly rich and the manners of the well off. A mystery in that setting gains much from money. Valuable objects draw attention, and attention draws risk.
A necklace is a fitting center for such a tale. It can be a gift, a sign of status, a family treasure or a temptation. Readers of this kind of book learn to ask who owns it, who wants it and who is pleased to see it.
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Who wrote The Corbin Necklace?
The Corbin Necklace was written by Henry Kitchell Webster, an American novelist who died in 1932. He wrote popular fiction in the early twentieth century, including mystery and romance.
What kind of book is The Corbin Necklace?
It is a mystery novel that mixes suspense with romance. It centers on wealth and deception, and a valuable piece of jewelry gives the book its title.
Is The Corbin Necklace a true story?
It is a work of fiction. It draws on the society and money concerns rather than on a real case.
The author
Henry Kitchell Webster
1875–1932 · American novelist
Henry Kitchell Webster was an American author born in Evanston, Illinois, in 1875. He wrote novels and short stories, including The Corbin Necklace and The Real Adventure, published in 1916. He also wrote Calumet K with Samuel Merwin in 1901. He died in Evanston in 1932.
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