K. (novel)

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K. is a 1915 crime novel by the American writer Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876–1958) set in post-Victorian era Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which has been a part of the city of Pittsburgh since 1907.

K. is a romance set in the industrial Victorian era. The novel tells the story of Sidney; when Sidney takes in a boarder with the initial "K", her life becomes entwined with the mystery surrounding "K". Lies and intrigue surround Sidney.

A film version of the novel K – The Unknown starring Virginia Valli and Percy Marmont, was released on 17 November 1924 by Universal Pictures as a "Universal Jewel" release. Another film version was released under the title The Doctor and the Woman in 1918.

References

• Demarest, David P. (1976). From These Hills, From These Valleys: Selected Fiction about Western Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.
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• K. (1915 edition) at the Internet Archive
• K. at Project Gutenberg
• K. public domain audiobook at LibriVox
• Mary Roberts Rinehart Papers, 1831–1970, SC.1958.03, Special Collections Department, University of Pittsburgh