The Tragedy of the Chain Pier
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Brighton's Old Chain Pier holds painful memories for a visitor who has come to the seaside for his health. While fashionable crowds gather on the West Pier, he seeks the quieter jetty, where moonlight, deep water and changing weather intensify his sense of loss. Charlotte M. Brame opens this novel with a close account of the resort before turning toward an unsettling event linked to the pier.
Later, the narrator studies a gracious woman whose face he believes he recognizes from that night. Her warmth toward her husband, his old friend Lance, makes his recollection harder to reconcile with the scene before him. Conversation about Brighton becomes a test of her responses. The mystery draws its tension from uncertain recognition and divided loyalties, giving readers a story in which watching a face or weighing an ordinary remark can carry the force of a discovery.
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- Author
- Charlotte M. Brame
- Pages
- 49
- Language
- English
- Genre
- British Classics
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