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The House on the Strand

Name: The House on the Strand
Rating: 3.82 (14645 reviews)
Author: Daphne du Maurier

Daphne du Maurier January 1, 1969

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Dick Young is lent a house in Cornwall by his friend Professor Magnus Lane. During his stay he agrees to serve as guinea pig for a new drug Magnus has discovered in his biochemical research; the effect of which is to transport Dick from the house at Kilmarth to the Cornwall of the 14th century.

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