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      The Sign of the Spider

      by Bertram Mitford
      Published
      Jun 2006
      Main Genre
      Action Adventure Action & Adventure
      Pages
      228
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      The Sign of the Spider is a classic British adventure novel, first published in 1896. Bertram Mitford takes the genre of imperialistic adventure stories and turns it on its head, creating an anti-hero as protagonist and weaving throughout the story a deliberate look at racial attitudes and cultural differences within colonial-period Africa. Mitford doesn't shrink from showing humanity at its worst, but manages to spin a tale that is compelling in plot and characters. This novel is also a classic in cryptozoological fiction. The arachnid-beast that provides the climax struggle is arguably one of the most fascinating creatures to appear in an adventure novel.

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      Speculative Fiction

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      Action Adventure Horror

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