02614cam a22003853u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000350011324500270014826400510017530000470022633600260027333700260029933800360032549000300036149000460039150000310043750800960046852013460056453400860191065300180199665300200201465300230203465300230205770000290208083000300210983000460213985600430218573675UtSlPG20260610134714.0mcr n260607r20241929utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aPrice, E. Hoffmann,d1898-198812aA jest and a vengeance 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2024 a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats atextbtxt2rdacontent acomputerbc2rdamedia aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aThe dreamer of Atlânaat1 aProduced from Weird Tales September 1929. aRelease date is 2024-05-24 aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net a"A Jest and a Vengeance" by E. Hoffmann Price is a narrative that combines elements of fantasy and dark humor written during the early 20th century. The story revolves around Sultan Schamas ad Din of Angor-lana, who finds himself besieged by inner treachery and external rebellion. With the imminent threat of being deposed by his nephew Maksoud, who is allied with the British Resident, the sultan's journey into the supernatural aspects of revenge leads him to Atlânaat, a mystical citadel filled with both promise and peril. In the unfolding tale, Sultan Schamas ad Din seeks vengeance against Maksoud after surviving an assassination attempt. Joined by the enigmatic Ismeddin, the sultan ventures into the haunted ruins of Atlânaat, a place where ancient magic and illusory beings dwell. He encounters a beautiful girl who reveals his interaction with the powerful Lord of the World, who dreams reality itself. The tale escalates as the sultan ultimately devises a fitting punishment for Maksoud that reflects his folly and ambition. Instead of lethal retribution, the sultan grants his nephew the very throne he sought, ensuring that he experiences the hollow and frustrating nature of rule under the thumb of foreign influence, thus delivering a dose of poetic justice layered in wit. (This is an automatically generated summary.) pOriginally published:cIndianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1929 aShort stories aFantasy fiction aRevenge -- Fiction aSultans -- Fiction1 aRankin, Hugh,d1878-1956 0aThe dreamer of Atlânaat 0aProduced from Weird Tales September 1929.40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73675