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100 1 _aWillard, Charles Dwight,
_d1866-1914
245 1 4 _aThe Fall of Ulysses: An Elephant Story
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2020
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2020-03-17
508 _aProduced by Richard Tonsing, deaurider, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"The Fall of Ulysses: An Elephant Story" by Charles Dwight Willard is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative centers around the eccentric journey of a man who attempts to teach an elephant named Ulysses to read and write. This exploration serves as a delightful examination of intelligence, communication, and the relationship between humans and animals. The story unfolds as the protagonist, filled with ambition and naivety, embarks on a mission to educate Ulysses, believing that patience and care can elevate an elephant's intellect. As time passes, Ulysses not only learns language and communication but also begins to surpass the educational limitations of his human counterpart. Their bond transforms from master and servant into a complex relationship marked by the elephant's emerging superiority in knowledge and intellect. The climax of the tale arrives when Ulysses, having gained extensive knowledge from the reading of several complex texts, challenges his master's authority, leading to an unexpected tragic conclusion that highlights themes of ambition, hubris, and the wonders of intelligence—whether human or animal. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aHumorous stories
653 _aEducation -- Fiction
653 _aBritish -- India -- Fiction
653 _aHuman-animal relationships -- Fiction
653 _aElephants -- Fiction
700 1 _aVer Beck, Frank,
_d1858-1933
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61624
999 _c102449
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