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The Scar
Carl Ramus · 1923 · Horror & Gothic
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.
Carl Ramus, M.D.
The Characters: Main and Supporting Figures
The Characters: Mrs. Holden
New York Night Routes and Rescue
The Blindfolded RouteThe motor route Carlson cannot see.
The Medical Clue
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 (1872–1963)
- 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.
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