# Surprise House

An audiobook by Abbie Farwell Brown, read by LibriVox volunteers (2 h 20 min, English).

Our story begins just after Nan Corliss, an eccentric old lady, dies and leaves her strange old house in Crowfield to her nephew, Dr. Owen Corliss, his wife, daughter Mary, and son John. The Corliss family move in, only to find that Aunt Nan has left practical jokes, mysterious clues based on Shakespeare’s poetry, and surprises, both in the library bequeathed specifically to Mary and elsewhere in the house, for the family to find. (Summary by Winnifred Assmann)

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## Chapters

0. Preface (1:04): https://archive.org/download/surprise_house_2305_librivox/surprisehouse_00_brown_64kb.mp3
1. I. The House (11:31): https://archive.org/download/surprise_house_2305_librivox/surprisehouse_01_brown_64kb.mp3
2. II. The Library (8:17): https://archive.org/download/surprise_house_2305_librivox/surprisehouse_02_brown_64kb.mp3
3. III. A Visitor (9:51): https://archive.org/download/surprise_house_2305_librivox/surprisehouse_03_brown_64kb.mp3
4. IV. The Books (11:52): https://archive.org/download/surprise_house_2305_librivox/surprisehouse_04_brown_64kb.mp3
5. V. Instructions (10:58): https://archive.org/download/surprise_house_2305_librivox/surprisehouse_05_brown_64kb.mp3
6. VI. The Lantern (8:17): https://archive.org/download/surprise_house_2305_librivox/surprisehouse_06_brown_64kb.mp3
7. VII. Caliban (11:00): https://archive.org/download/surprise_house_2305_librivox/surprisehouse_07_brown_64kb.mp3
8. VIII. The Bust (17:10): https://archive.org/download/surprise_house_2305_librivox/surprisehouse_08_brown_64kb.mp3
9. IX. The Attic (15:12): https://archive.org/download/surprise_house_2305_librivox/surprisehouse_09_brown_64kb.mp3
10. X. The Portrait Points (8:19): https://archive.org/download/surprise_house_2305_librivox/surprisehouse_10_brown_64kb.mp3
11. XI. Gems from Shakespeare (10:53): https://archive.org/download/surprise_house_2305_librivox/surprisehouse_11_brown_64kb.mp3
12. XII. The Party (15:48): https://archive.org/download/surprise_house_2305_librivox/surprisehouse_12_brown_64kb.mp3