The Golden Pebble
The Golden Pebble is a thriller by the Scottish author Margot Bennett, published in 1948.
Author | Margot Bennett |
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Country | UK |
Language | English |
Genre | Thriller |
Published | 1948 |
Pages | 237 |
Preceded by | Away went the Little Fish |
Followed by | The Widow of Bath |
Plot
Mark Rector is an entomologist who specializes in weevils. His sedate and dull life is unexpectedly disrupted when he travels to a remote village in Cornwall from where his uncle once mysteriously received a piece of gold.[1]
Reviews
The Times Literary Supplement included the book in their issue of 6 December 1947, writing Mrs Bennett's first non detective novel deals with a gold rush in Cornwall- and human nature in the raw.[2]
Notes
- The book originally cost eight shillings and sixpence.
- The book, like most of Bennett's other works, is no longer in print.
- This was the last instance that Bennett's work was published by Nicholson & Watson. Most of her other works were published by Eyre and Spottiswoode.
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References
- Bennett, M. The Golden Pebble. 1948
- https://www.solearabiantree.net/namingofparts/pdf/tls/spokenword6december1947.pdf
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