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Violence
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No violence
Language
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No strong language
Sexual Content
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No sexual content
Substance Use
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No substance use
Emotional Intensity
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Light; gentle Gothic atmosphere and comic community dynamics
What this book is about
Marie Conway Oemler's 1919 comic novel follows Mary Ellis Smith, who inherits a ramshackle antebellum South Carolina mansion along with the eccentric community that has grown up around it. Oemler's warm, humorous novel of Southern community and amateur detection was popular in its day for its light touch with regional character and gentle Gothic atmosphere.
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