Ainsworth, William Harrison 1805-1882 creator Browne, Hablot Knight 1815-1882 text utu 2011 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Auriol; or, The Elixir of Life" by William Harrison Ainsworth is a gothic novel first published in 1844. After consuming his alchemist grandfather's elixir, Auriol Darcy lives for over two centuries, bound by a sinister contract with a mysterious stranger who demands women he loves as payment. Set primarily in 1830s London, this dark fantasy follows Auriol's desperate attempts to save his beloved Ebba from supernatural forces, while questioning whether his extraordinary experiences are real or the delusions of madness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auriol_(novel) Release date is 2011-06-22 Produced by Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Original publication data not identified Detective and mystery stories Horror tales Gothic fiction Paranormal fiction PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36481 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36481 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133831.0 36481