The Diamond Lens (Registro nro. 91170)
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| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | PS |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | O'Brien, Fitz James, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1828-1862 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Diamond Lens |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2015 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
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| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
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| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Produced from Weird Tales April 1929 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2015-10-28 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online<br/>Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "The Diamond Lens" by Fitz James O'Brien is a short story written during the mid-19th century, specifically in the 1850s, that falls under the genre of weird fiction blended with science fiction elements. The narrative explores the obsessive passion of a microscopist who becomes consumed with the search for perfection in his microscopy work, ultimately leading him to an extraordinary but tragic conclusion about his experiments and his desire for an unattainable love. In the story, the protagonist, Linley, is an ambitious young man fascinated by microscopic life and dedicated to improving the lens of his microscope. After a series of discoveries, including a prophecy from a spirit he consults, he constructs an incredibly powerful diamond lens. Through this lens, he encounters a fantastical creature he names Animula—an ethereal being of exquisite beauty living in a hidden world within a drop of water. As Linley's obsession deepens, he neglects his own well-being, culminating in a desperate realization of his love for Animula and the realization that his scientific pursuits have led to her demise when the drop of water evaporates. The story examines themes of ambition, love, and the consequences of unchecked obsession, ultimately portraying the tragic intersection between scientific pursuit and emotional longing. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Note about original | Original publication data not identified |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Science fiction |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Murder -- Fiction |
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| Uncontrolled term | Microscopy -- Fiction |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Produced from Weird Tales April 1929 |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50332">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50332</a> |
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