The Man Who Was Acquitted

The Man Who Was Acquitted by Edgar Wallace is offered here in a clean English digital edition prepared for fluent ebook reading. The work stands within classics and gives modern readers direct access to a public-domain classic with navigable structure and a restrained typographic presentation. The opening pages establish the book's atmosphere with this first movement: "Have you ever noticed, " said Leon Gonsalez, looking up from his book and taking off the horn-rimmed glasses he wore when he was reading, "that poisoners and baby-farmers are invariably mystics?" "I haven't noticed many baby-farmers-or poisoners for the matter of that, " said Manfred with a little ya This edition is suited to readers who want a reliable, uncluttered version of the text for study, rediscovery, and sustained reading.