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The Baron's Quarry
Egerton Castle · 1892 · Adventure, Horror & Gothic
A scholarly traveler accepts the hospitality of Baron Kossowski at an isolated Carpathian estate. A frightened English bride, distant sleigh bells and a midnight hunt draw him into a pursuit whose quarry is far more human—and more dangerous—than the Baron admits.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 24 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
The Route to Yany
Inside Yany Manor - Rooms and PassagesA cutaway of the guest room, long passage, drawing room, dining room, smoking room, library and courtyard door.
The Baron's Quarry - Connections
The Baron's Quarry - Principal Characters
Marshfield - Observer, Traveler and Hunter
Marshfield - The Detached ObserverThe English traveller and naturalist whose cool observation becomes intervention during the night hunt.
A Naturalist Studies the Baron
Tea and News of the Isolated Bride
This edition
- Title
- The Baron's Quarry
- Author
- Egerton Castle (1858–1920)
- First published
- 1892
- Illustrated plates
- 55 original artworks · 24 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 1 · about 8,407 words
- Reading time
- 34 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- August 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #2038
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