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''The Dancing Floor'' is a 1926 novel by John Buchan featuring Edward Leithen. It is the third of five novels written about the character of Leithen. == Basic Plot Summary == Edward Leithen is an eminent lawyer who is introduced to the young and handsome Vernon Milburne. By chance, Leithen meets Milburne once again and they become close friends. Milburne divulges that since childhood he has had a recurring dream in which an impending and unknown threat approaches year by year. The year in which the threat is due to occur, the two friends find themselves on the Greek island of Plakos where they must save the beautiful Koré Arabin from the superstitious islanders. Mary Butts in a 1933 essay described ''The Dancing Floor'' as "one of the first novels to owe its origin to ''The Golden Bough''".〔Butts, Mary (1933). "Ghosties and Ghoulies: The Uses of the Supernatural in English Fiction". ''Ashe of Rings and Other Writings''. Kingston, NY: McPherson & Co., p. 345.〕
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