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The Scar
Carl Ramus · 1923
A New York doctor is drawn into a kidnapping case where medical knowledge, hidden rooms and a strange scar turn pulp suspense into a surgical clue.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 26 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
New York Night Routes and Rescue
The Blindfolded RouteThe motor route Carlson cannot see.
The Medical Clue
Carl Ramus, M.D.
The Characters: Main and Supporting Figures
The Characters: Mrs. Holden
The Office and the ExtraThe scar clue is planted under office lamplight.
The Reversed SThe patient becomes the case.
This edition
- Title
- The Scar
- Author
- Carl Ramus
- First published
- 1923
- Illustrated plates
- 54 original artworks · 26 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 6 · about 8,851 words
- Reading time
- 35 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- September 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #69606
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