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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 03, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![The isle of lies](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqqzsjapd738wmcmjwreayfn/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20261010%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20261010T175331Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=4f44c01106b9b1fbd8bc0ef898d9a000f5594ca01e9a3ce3e9940b1498e8266c) ## About this work The isle of lies by M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel — a public-domain edition published by publica.now. Sample ## Take a look inside NEW NOVELS Betty Brent, Typist. By “Rita.” Red Love. By the Author of “The Wild Widow.” The Soul of Crœsus. By Gerald Villiers-Stuart. A Gentleman from Portland. By Ranger Gull. The Methods of Mr. Ames. By the Author of “The Adventures of John Johns.” A Laughing Matter. By Shan F. Bullock. The Loser Pays. A Story of the French Revolution. By Mary Openshaw. The Silent Ones. By Mary Gaunt and J. Ridgwell Essex. The Adventures of Louis Blake. By Louis Becke. Side Stepping with Shorty. By Sewell Ford. Author of “Shorty McCabe.” Illustrated. The Wild Widow. By Gertie de S. Wentworth-James. Cousins and Others. By Katharine Tynan. Lil of the Slums. By Dick Donovan. THE ISLE OF LIES BY M. P. SHIEL Author of “The White Wedding” “The Last Miracle” “The sounding again of the mountains.”—Ezekiel. Published at Clifford’s Inn, London By T. WERNER LAURIE CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. THE STELE 1 II. MOLLY O’HARA 17 III. THE ISLE OF LIES 29 IV. THE SHIP 43 V. “MISS EVE” 52 VI. THE TOWERS 62 VII. THE TERRACES 68 VIII. IN THE GARDEN 79 IX. “VITRIOLISERAI” 93 X. “THE MOON” 111 XI. THE CHAMBER-WINDOW 135 XII. THE WEDDING-PLACE 171 XIII. AT EGMOND 190 XIV. AT SERAPIS 208 XV. TO SHUNTER 226 THE ISLE OF LIES CHAPTER I. THE STELE. Perhaps one’s happiest manner to begin the history of the remarkable boy whose moral we have to point is to give, as we can, that part of Professor S. S. Reid’s diary which has to do with the matter. The professor writes: I have this morning the tidings that a son is born to Dr. Lepsius, and as the fact may possibly come to prove momentous in the history of experiment, I am about now to jot down just what I was… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fthe-isle-of-lies) The sample continues in the full work. [ #classic ](/search?query=classic) [ #public-domain ](/search?query=public-domain) [ #library ](/search?query=library) ## Reviews No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. [Sign in to leave a review](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcreators%2Fvito%2Fworks%2Fthe-isle-of-lies) No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. 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