02405cam a22003733u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000340012624500230016026400510018330000470023433600260028133700260030733800360033350000310036950801950040052011110059553400680170665300220177465300270179665300220182365300200184570000480186585600560191385600430196999900190201272971UtSlPG20260610134704.0mcr n260607r20241890utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a32033598  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPR1 aKernahan, Coulson,d1858-194312aA dead man's diary 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2024  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2024-02-16  aEmmanuel Ackerman, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)  a"A Dead Man's Diary" by Coulson Kernahan is a narrative work written in the late 19th century. The book presents a unique fictional account of the afterlife, as narrated by a character who documents his experiences after being pronounced dead and then returning to life. It explores themes of life, death, and the soul’s journey through various states of existence, with a focus on moral and philosophical reflections.  The opening of "A Dead Man's Diary" introduces the reader to the thoughts and fears of the narrator regarding death and existence. The narrator expresses a haunting dread of dying alone and reflects on his illness leading to death, while contemplating where his soul has gone during that time. He describes the loneliness and terror associated with the thought of death, positioned between existential awareness and a yearning for life. As he begins his diary, he is determined to recount his profound reflections on death and the afterlife, setting a contemplative tone that will likely be prevalent throughout the rest of the narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cUnited Kingdom: Ward, Lock and Co., 1890  aChristian fiction  aFuture life -- Fiction  aHeaven -- Fiction  aHell -- Fiction1 aBettany, G. T.q(George Thomas),d1850-18914 uhttps://archive.org/details/deadmansdiarywri00kern/40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72971  c113696d113696