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050 4 _aPR
100 1 _aGrimshaw, Beatrice,
_d1871-1953
245 1 0 _aThe Sorcerer's Stone
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2023
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 2023-12-11
508 _aCarol Brown, Aaron Adrignola, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
520 _a"The Sorcerer's Stone" by Beatrice Grimshaw is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around two main characters, an adventurous Australian named Flint and a French marquis, both of whom are on a quest related to magic and indigenous cultures in remote New Guinea. The narrative is likely to blend themes of adventure, local sorcery, and the complexities of cross-cultural encounters. The opening of the story sets a dark and tense atmosphere inside a New Guinea temple where the protagonists observe local customs and evince an impending sense of danger. The Marquis, passionate about studying magic, engages in a mesmerizing dance that catches the attention of a young local girl, much to Flint's dismay as he is wary of the hostile potential of their surroundings. The plot quickly escalates as the girl appears to fall under the spell of the Marquis’ dance, leading to unexpected consequences connected to local sorcery and the enigmatic sorcerer Mo. This inciting event indicates that the narrative will explore themes of cultural tension, the allure and risks of the supernatural, and the quest for a powerful artifact – the titular sorcerer's stone. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: The John C. Winston Company, 1914
653 _aAdventure stories
653 _aJewel thieves -- Fiction
653 _aDiamonds -- Fiction
653 _aPapua New Guinea -- Fiction
700 1 _aSarka, Charles N.
_q(Charles Nicholas),
_d1879-1960
856 4 _uhttps://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89070369624
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72378
999 _c113103
_d113103