The Unbound Truth of Ashgrove’s Folly

Ashgrove’s Folly, a massive Victorian mansion completed in 1890, was the home of the reclusive but powerful literary scholar and collector, Sir Elias Ashgrove. The house served as the private, regional clearing office for Ashgrove’s entire publishing operation until 1899, when Ashgrove’s reputation collapsed following a massive, undisclosed plagiarism scandal. The house was seized and immediately sealed. The literary core of the mystery centers on the Head Librarian, Mr. Julian Vane, who managed all of Ashgrove’s private and corporate literary documentation. His professional records—the Author’s Notes, Manuscript Logs, and Acquisition Records—should have provided a definitive trail for the fraudulent authorship that preceded the collapse. Instead, the surviving archive is a study in contradiction, with large, systematic blocks of documentation entirely Missing and the few remaining records pointing to an Unattributed authorship event that was purposefully Unbound from the official account.

The Unattributed Manuscript Logs

The Head Librarian was required to maintain meticulous Manuscript Logs and keep sequential Author’s Notes and Acquisition Records to track the provenance and authenticity of all literary assets. The fact that the Acquisition Records—which would identify the original source and author of the disputed work—are entirely Missing is a profound historical Unbound gap. Furthermore, the complete Missing status of the Author’s Notes—which would have certified the writer’s intent and dedication—proves that the literary evidence was also entirely suppressed. The only surviving documents are the few ambiguous Manuscript Logs with their “Unattributed” blanks and the scattering of torn Author’s Note fragments, which suggest the Head Librarian abandoned his work mid-process. The systematic removal of the core documents proves that the entire record of the plagiarism scandal was deliberately Unbound, ensuring the specific circumstances and authorship liability remained Unattributed from the official record.

The Unbound Acquisition Records