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9781440044960: Behind the Veil (Classic Reprint)
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ISBN 10: 1440044961 ISBN 13: 9781440044960
Editorial: Forgotten Books, 2018

Sinopsis

A moody collection of gothic tales that blend memory, longing, and the uncanny for a haunt that lingers after you turn the last page.

A chilling atmosphere, vivid visions, and intimate portraits of characters pulled between what they remember and what they fear. This edition gathers tales that explore how memory shapes desire, how longing can blur reality, and how the supernatural unsettles everyday life without giving away its secrets.

  • Atmospheric storytelling that deepens with each page
  • Characters caught between past affections and present truths
  • Gothic settings, from dim churches to shadowed rooms of memory
  • Ambiguous, unsettling twists that linger after the reading ends
Ideal for fans of classic gothic fiction and stories that probe memory, emotion, and the uncanny.

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Excerpt from Behind the Veil

Sometimes the anguish of the controlled eyelids became so tense, that they must have transgressed my will-power, and hurried me to a horrible death, but for the weight that the giant African set upon them. He stood at the other end of the group of musicians, to keep watch over our glances, lest any of them should stray; but there seemed no moment that I was free of his observation. His ugly stolidity of alert ness, though it saved me from the mad promptings of my heart, did but increase the torment; it precluded that half glimpse through half-shut eyelids that I might have thought to dare. And with every day the prick of desire became more importunate; with every day more racking the agony of control.

One evening I played late into the sunset, and the large metal plates that hung from my belt, interlinked by chains into long bands, caught on their surfaces the ruddy glow. And as I ceased playing, and began to shift my downward glance, a metal plate that lay aslant my knee shone with a glory more magnificent than the sun's, - a Splash of purple radiance, glinting and changing as I stirred, - the very splendour of heaven, a reflected light from the purple robes of the King of Kings.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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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

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Año de publicación
2018
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Inglés
ISBN 10 
1440044961
ISBN 13 
9781440044960
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