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Marie Corelli. Ardath
Ardath
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
THE MONASTERY
"GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER! AMEN!"
"GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER! AMEN!"
"GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER! AMEN!"
"GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER! AMEN!"
"GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER! AMEN!"
"GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER! AMEN!"
"GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER! AMEN!"
CHAPTER II
CONFESSION
CHAPTER III
DEPARTURE
CHAPTER IV
"ANGELUS DOMINE."
CHAPTER V
A MYSTIC TRYST
CHAPTER VI
"NOURHALMA" AND THE ORIGINAL ESDRAS
"MONASTERY OF LARS, "PASS OF DARIEL, CAUCASUS."
CHAPTER VII
AN UNDESIRED BLESSING
CHAPTER VIII
BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON
CHAPTER IX
THE FIELD OF FLOWERS
CHAPTER X
GOD'S MAIDEN EDRIS
PART II.—IN AL-KYRIS
CHAPTER XI
THE MARVELLOUS CITY
CHAPTER XII
SAH-LUMA
CHAPTER XIII
A POET'S PALACE
CHAPTER XIV
THE SUMMONS OF THE SIGNET
CHAPTER XV
SAH-LUMA SINGS
ZEPHORANIM,
"HAIL, SAH-LUMA!"
CHAPTER XVI
THE PROPHET OF DOOM
CHAPTER XVII
A VIRGIN UNSHRINED
CHAPTER XVIII
THE LOVE THAT KILLS
CHAPTER XIX
A STRANGE TEMPTATION
"KILL SAH-LUMA!"
CHAPTER XX
THE PASSAGE OF THE TOMBS
CHAPTER XXI
THE CRIMSON RIVER
CHAPTER XXII
WASTED PASSION
CHAPTER XXIII
"NOURHALMA."
CHAPTER XXIV
THE FALL OF THE OBELISK
CHAPTER XXV
A GOLDEN TRESS
CHAPTER XXVI
THE PRIEST ZEL
CHAPTER XXVII
IN THE TEMPLE OF NAGAYA
I AM THE PAST, THE PRESENT, THE FUTURE, THE MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN, AND THE SHALL-NOT-BE, THE EVER, AND THE NEVER, NO MORTAL KNOWETH MY NAME
CHAPTER XXVIII
THE SACRIFICE
CHAPTER XXIX
THE CUP OF WRATH AND TREMBLING
CHAPTER XXX
SUNRISE
PART III.—POET AND ANGEL
CHAPTER XXXI
FRESH LAURELS
CHAPTER XXXII
ZABASTESISM AND PAULISM
CHAPTER XXXIII
REALISM
CHAPTER XXXIV
REWARDS OF FAME
CHAPTER XXXV
ONE AGAINST MANY
CHAPTER XXXVI
HELIOBAS
CHAPTER XXXVII
A MISSING RECORD
CHAPTER XXXVIII
THE WIZARD OF THE BOW
CHAPTER XXXIX
BY THE RHINE
CHAPTER XL
IN THE CATHEDRAL
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Marie Corelli
The Story of a Dead Self
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"Tell me," pursued Heliobas, "how do you define the vital principle? What mysterious agency sets the heart beating and the blood flowing? By the small porter's lantern of to-day's so-called Science, will you fling a light on the dark riddle of an apparently purposeless Universe, and explain to me why we live at all?"
"Evolution," responded Alwyn shortly, "and Necessity."
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