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_aScrymsour, Ella M., _d1888- |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | _aThe Perfect World: A romance of strange people and strange places |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2019 |
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| 500 | _aRelease date is 2019-12-27 | ||
| 508 | _aProduced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net | ||
| 520 | _a"The Perfect World: A Romance of Strange People and Strange Places" by Ella Scrymsour is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story begins in the quaint village of Marshfielden, surrounded by superstition and the eerie tale of a "Curse" that falls upon outsiders. The narrative follows two cousins, Alan and Desmond Forsyth, who come to the village to work in a nearby coal mine, inadvertently unlocking a series of mysterious and tragic events. The clash of rural tradition with the arrival of the modern world sets the stage for an exploration of fear, community, and the supernatural. At the start of the novel, the tranquil yet isolated village of Marshfielden is introduced, where the arrival of the two young men creates a ripple of excitement and fear among its superstitious inhabitants. As the villagers recount the ominous "Curse" that befalls any stranger, a tragic event occurs—the disappearance of a child from a local family, fueling the villagers' suspicions and fears towards the new arrivals. The action quickly escalates as more villagers go missing, the once peaceful community is gripped with terror, and Alan and Desmond's initial excitement turns into a desperate struggle for survival against not just the villagers' fears and superstitions but the bizarre and supernatural forces that haunt Marshfielden. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
| 534 | _nOriginal publication data not identified | ||
| 653 | _aScience fiction | ||
| 653 | _aUtopias -- Fiction | ||
| 653 | _aUtopian fiction | ||
| 653 | _aJupiter (Planet) -- Fiction | ||
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