02585cam a22003733u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000540011324500250016726400510019230000470024333600260029033700260031633800360034249000680037850000310044650800160047752013500049353400740184365300180191765300280193565300310196370000170199483000680201185600700207985600430214999900190219275905UtSlPG20260610134745.0mcr n260607r20251907utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aCrawford, F. Marionq(Francis Marion),d1854-190914aThe King's Messenger 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from the November 1907 issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine.  aRelease date is 2025-04-21  aRoger Frank  a"The King's Messenger by F. Marion Crawford" is a short story written during the early 20th century. As a piece of literary fiction, it blends elements of the supernatural and the psychological, exploring themes of mortality, love, and fate. The book revolves around a mysterious dinner party and touches upon the topic of death, presenting it in a symbolic and almost gentle manner.  The story centers on the narrator’s experience at a dinner party where the guests, especially the beautiful young Miss Lorna, display an unusual familiarity with each other. As the thirteenth guest arrives—an enigmatic and compelling man—Miss Lorna confides in the narrator that she will be leaving with this man that very night. Through their conversations, it becomes clear that the newcomer embodies more than he seems, his presence casting a strange spell over the group. After dinner, Miss Lorna leaves with the man, and it is only afterwards that the narrator learns from his hostess that the guest is none other than Death himself—the true “King’s Messenger.” The narrative is ultimately revealed to be a dream, which gains poignant significance when the narrator receives a real-life message of Lorna’s sudden passing, merging dream and reality in a meditation on life, love, and mortality. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cNew York: International Magazine Company, 1907  aShort stories  aSupernatural -- Fiction  aYouth and death -- Fiction1 aSnapp, Frank 0aProduced from the November 1907 issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine.4 uhttps://archive.org/details/sim_cosmopolitan_1907-11_44_1/page/8840uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75905  c116630d116630