Behind the Veil (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

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Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440044961 ISBN 13 : 9781440044960

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Behind the Veil collects moody, supernatural tales that illuminate the edge between memory and mystery. In these eerie stories, ordinary moments twist into visions, secret loves, and lurking forces that can’t be explained away.

The collection invites readers to wander through candlelit churches, shadowed corridors, and fragile moments of realization. Characters confront unsettling truths about fate, desire, and the unseen powers that shape their lives, often with a Victorian atmosphere of restrained dread and emotional intensity.

• Atmospheric, Gothic storytelling with themes of memory, longing, and the uncanny.


• Characters face disturbing visions, haunted locations, and revelations that challenge reality.


• Historically tinged settings that heighten mood and sense of mystery.


• Prose that blends psychological tension with supernatural suggestion rather than explicit horror.

Ideal for readers who enjoy moody, character-driven tales of the mysterious and the otherworldly.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

African weighing like lead upon my quivering eyelids. The place of the musicians was on the left side of the steps of the throne: but by reason of the faint delicacy of the notes of my instrument, my seat was set at the extreme limit of the line dividing the slave boundary from the court of the King of Kings. As I waited the turn of my five-stringed instrument, I could see, through lowered lashes, the rainbow-glimmer of those marble throne steps; sometimes the purple shadow of the royal robes seemed to touch with a sombre glory the edge of vision; but the eyes of the African weighed like lead upon my quivering eyelids, which pulsed fiercely to be raised; though for a slave to look upon the face of the King of Kings, bore the penalty of death by torture. Day after day, when the gold of afternoon cut its tigerstripes upon the shadowy floors, we passed silent-footed through the cool corridors about the Throne-C hamber, into the awful silence of the Presence
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About the Publisher

Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org

Biographie de l'auteur

Ethel Rolt Wheeler was born Mary Ethel Wheeler, the daughter of the stone merchant, Joseph Wheeler and Amina Cooke Taylor both of Irish descent. She wrote using the pen name Rolt Wheeler, as did her brother, the author and occultist Francis Rolt Wheeler.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440044961
• ISBN 13: 9781440044960
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 104
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