The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart

The Circular Staircase

Miss Cornelia Van Gorder #1

Mary Roberts Rinehart

240 pages • first pub 1908 (editions)

fiction classics mystery dark mysterious reflective fast-paced
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Rachel Innes, a middle-aged spinster, has barely settled in at the country house she has rented for the summer when a series of bizarre and violent events threaten to perturb her normally unflappable nature. A strange figure appears briefly in the...

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Community Reviews

3.32
based on 520 reviews

Moods

mysterious: 100%

adventurous: 44%

funny: 22%

tense: 11%

lighthearted: 7%

relaxing: 3%

Pace

22% of readers chose fast
59% of readers chose medium
18% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

76% of readers chose Plot
19% of readers chose A mix
3% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

8% of readers chose Yes
8% of readers chose Complicated
80% of readers chose No
4% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

24% of readers chose Yes
32% of readers chose Complicated
36% of readers chose No
8% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

26% of readers chose Yes
4% of readers chose Complicated
65% of readers chose No
4% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

4% of readers chose Yes
16% of readers chose Complicated
76% of readers chose No
4% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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