The House on the Cliff

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The House on the Cliff is an early mystery novel in the Hardy Boys series in which teenage detectives Frank and Joe Hardy investigate smuggling activities centered around a mysterious cliffside mansion.

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The House on the Cliff canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hardy Boys book ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Franklin W. Dixon ⓘ
belongsToFranchise Hardy Boys franchise ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
createdByStratemeyerSyndicate true ⓘ
featuresCharacter Callie Shaw ⓘ
Chet Morton ⓘ
Fenton Hardy ⓘ
Frank Hardy ⓘ
Iola Morton ⓘ
Joe Hardy ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Hardy Boys universe ⓘ
firstEditionFormat hardcover ⓘ
followedBy The Secret of the Old Mill ⓘ
genre children's mystery fiction ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ
ghostwriter Leslie McFarlane ⓘ
hasClimacticLocation cliffside mansion ⓘ
hasCoverArtDepicting house on a cliff over the sea ⓘ
hasDetectiveDuo Frank and Joe Hardy ⓘ
linked to: Frank Hardy
hasRevisedEdition 1959 revised text ⓘ
hasSequelRelationshipWith The Secret of the Old Mill ⓘ
involvesCrimeType smuggling ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainProtagonist Frank Hardy ⓘ
Joe Hardy ⓘ
marketedAs boys' adventure story ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableTheme courage ⓘ
crime and justice ⓘ
family loyalty ⓘ
originalTextLength longer than 1959 revised edition ⓘ
partOf original Hardy Boys series ⓘ
plotElement disappearance of Fenton Hardy ⓘ
mysterious cliffside house ⓘ
plotFocus smuggling ring investigation ⓘ
precededBy The Tower Treasure ⓘ
publicationYear 1927 ⓘ
publisher Grosset & Dunlap ⓘ
series Hardy Boys ⓘ
setting Bayport ⓘ
targetAudience children ⓘ
young adults ⓘ
timePeriodOfPublication 1920s ⓘ

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The Hardy Boys series → notableWork → The House on the Cliff ⓘ
The Secret of the Old Mill → precededBy → The House on the Cliff ⓘ