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| Title | : | The Mystery at the Moss-covered Mansion (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #18) |
| Author | : | Carolyn Keene |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 215 pages |
| Published | : | February 1st 2003 by Applewood Books (first published 1941) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Young Adult. Fiction. Childrens |
Carolyn Keene
Hardcover | Pages: 215 pages Rating: 3.89 | 5757 Users | 153 Reviews
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Nancy's father Carson Drew enlists her help in tracking down a missing heiress, and Nancy, Bess and George stumble upon a mysterious moss-covered mansion. The girls learn someone was murdered near the mansion and they hear strange noises coming from inside the building. Action bounds in this thrilling adventure involving gypsies, a missing heiress, a needy elderly lady, a reclusive artist, an airplane accident, and a forest firePoint Books During The Mystery at the Moss-covered Mansion (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #18)
| Original Title: | The Mystery at the Moss-covered Mansion (Nancy Drew, #18) |
| ISBN: | 1557092648 (ISBN13: 9781557092649) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #18 |
| Characters: | Nancy Drew, Carson Drew |
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Ratings: 3.89 From 5757 Users | 153 ReviewsWeigh Up About Books The Mystery at the Moss-covered Mansion (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #18)
I was excited to recently acquire a 1941 copy of a Nancy Drew mystery, Mystery at the Moss-Covered Mansion. For some time now (especially after reading Girl Sleuth) Ive been immensely curious about the differences between the original Nancy Drews and the revised editions done starting in the 1960s. Why were they rewritten? What changed? Which would I like better? So I did some sleuthing of my own by reading the two editions of Moss-Covered Mansion back to back. I read the 1941 original first. IObviously a re-write because the plot is all about NASA, which obviously was not in force in 1941. Something about explosive oranges being shipped to Cape Canaveral in order to derail the moon launch. No, really.Hilarious, and reads like a NANO project. Carson Drew is ok with springing for plane tickets for himself, Nancy, and Hannah (and Bess and George?) to fly from River Heights (not sure but think it's Upstate NY) to Melbourne, FL, but totally pissed to shell out a few bucks in cab fare from
Adventures centering on a Moss-Covered Mansion, and mostly the weather is very wet, and rainy. They are constantly sliding around on mud or running through dripping forests at the center of which sits the Moss-Covered Mansion that emits (or seems to) animal-like screams at odd moments. A couple of old men wander through the narrative from time to time. A woman in a red robe is key, but shows up only once. Oh, and there is a painting by a famous artist of ND.Hmm. #18 has some of the same issues
Read aloud to my daughter, this was your typical Nancy Drew mystery. Unique events in this story include expoding oranges at NASA, a secret mansion surrounded by wild animals, filled in with lots of your typical Nancy Drew drama, where she is almost attacked by a leopard, and almost falls into a boiling pool. Danger! Danger!
This was probably my least favorite Nancy Drew book so far. The plot felt very forced and unbelievable, which admittedly comes with the territory of a Nancy Drew mystery but this one was especially bad. The story is also not ended in a satisfying way. Nancy and her friends save the day but the criminal mastermind's motive to blow up a NASA rocketis vaguely described as "extreme political ideology" and random characters are introduced at the last second in order to tie everything up. This book
Four and a half stars. For all intents and purposes this is an amazing story - well written and plotted. Some of the details in this one are definitely dated; however, the overall theme of homegrown terrorism is not. I'd actually like to get my hands on the original 1941 release to see what has changed (since NASA was not created until after WWII). I'm thinking the 1969 rewrite replaced themes and activities more closely related to WWII.I love that you don't have to read the Nancy Drew mysteries
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