There Is No Death (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Marryatt, Florence

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1331500257 ISBN 13 : 9781331500254

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

True accounts of spirit contact, told with a clear-eyed, personal voice .

This book gathers experiences of séances, hauntings, and message-bearing apparitions, focused on what the author has witnessed and believes possible through Spiritualism.

The narrator reflects on death, memory, and the possibility of life beyond the grave, sharing vivid scenes from séances, tests of identity by familiar voices, and stories tied to the author’s family history. Grounded in personal testimony, these pages explore how and why some people find comfort, challenge, or curiosity in the idea of an afterlife.

• Firsthand accounts of spirits appearing in séance settings, described with attention to detail and sensory impressions.
• Testimonies about identity and recognition, provided by mediums and those present.
• Personal reflections on mortality, fear of death, and the hope of continued connection with loved ones.
• Connections to broader Victorian ghost lore, framed by the author’s family history and beliefs.

Ideal for readers drawn to true-life occult tales, spiritual inquiry, or Victorian-era ghost narratives that emphasize personal witness over speculation.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Florence Marryat (9 July 1833 – 27 October 1899) was a British author and actress, born in Brighton, Sussex. The daughter of author Capt. Frederick Marryat and his wife Catherine, she was particularly known for her sensational novels and her involvement with several celebrated spiritual mediums of the late 19th century. Shortly before her 21st birthday, she wed Thomas Ross Church, an officer in the Madras staff corps of the British Army in India; they spent the first seven years of their married life travelling India extensively before she returned to England in 1860 without her husband, who apparently visited only occasionally. She had eight children with Church, three of them while in India. Her works include There is No Death (1891) and The Spirit World (1894). She was a prolific author, writing over 70 books, newspaper and magazine articles, short stories and works for the stage. From 1876 to 1890, she had a performing career, at first writing and performing a comic touring piano sketch entertainment, together with George Grossmith and later performing in dramas, comedies, comic opera with a D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, her own one-woman show, and appearing as a lecturer, dramatic reader and public entertainer. During the 1890s, she ran a school of Journalism and Literary Art. She died in 1899 from diabetes and pneumonia and is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery in London.

Présentation de l'éditeur

In 1874, Florence Marryat interviewed a prominent clairvoyant for a London newspaper. This marked the beginning of her belief in spiritualism. She participated in countless seances and claimed to have communicated with her two dead daughters and her brother who died in a shipwreck. She wrote down her experiences in this book. "It has been strongly impressed upon me for some years past to write an account of the wonderful experiences I have passed through in my investigation of the science of Spiritualism. In doing so I intend to confine myself to recording facts. I will describe the scenes I have witnessed with my own eyes, and repeat the words I have heard with my own ears, leaving the deduction to be drawn from them wholly to my readers. I have no ambition to start a theory nor to promulgate a doctrine; above all things I have no desire to provoke an argument. I have had more than enough of arguments, philosophical, scientific, religious, and purely aggressive, to last a lifetime; and were I called upon for my definition of the rest promised to the weary, I should reply—a place where every man may hold his own opinion, and no one is permitted to dispute it."

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1331500257
• ISBN 13: 9781331500254
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 274
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible