Project Gutenberg 2005-11-16 Public domain in the USA. 89 Conscience, Hendrik 1812 1883 Conscience, Henryk Conscience, Henri Eene Gekkenwereld! Produced by Clare Boothby and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Eene Gekkenwereld!" by Hendrik Conscience is a fictional work written in the mid-19th century. The narrative begins with a protagonist lost in a desolate heath, experiencing fear and exhaustion as he seeks shelter, ultimately discovering a strange, abandoned city. The book hints at themes of isolation, survival, and encounters with bizarre characters, setting the stage for a surreal exploration of the protagonist's experiences in this unsettling world. The opening of the novel portrays a vivid scene where the main character wanders through a dark and foreboding landscape, filled with mysterious sounds and the anxiety of being lost. As night falls and he stumbles upon a flickering light, his desperation grows. Upon arrival at an ancient, crumbling city, he finds himself trapped in a dry moat, confronted by an eerie silence and memories of past devastation. His forced interaction with sinister figures, including one grotesquely transformed friend named Jacobus Loris, who speaks of horrifying encounters with cannibals, captivates the reader's attention with shock and intrigue. The protagonist’s harrowing quest for escape amidst a backdrop of surreal absurdity sets this tale up as a thrilling exploration of fear and the human condition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 71.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. nl Historical fiction PT Text Category: Novels 252148 2025-07-07T09:47:33.741111 text/html 250949 2020-12-12T21:53:33 text/html 162686 2025-07-07T09:47:39.328017 application/epub+zip 164858 2025-07-07T09:47:35.751087 application/epub+zip 164858 2025-07-07T09:47:34.569071 application/epub+zip 318416 2025-07-07T09:47:41.932025 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 306439 2025-07-07T09:47:38.607079 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 280529 2022-09-08T09:05:41.735408 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 237656 2025-07-07T09:47:33.248096 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 237479 2020-12-12T21:53:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19175 2025-07-07T09:47:42.051999 application/rdf+xml 13632 2025-07-07T09:47:35.101068 image/jpeg 3378 2025-07-07T09:47:34.846083 image/jpeg 90453 2020-12-12T21:53:33 application/octet-stream application/zip 93412 2020-12-12T21:53:33 application/octet-stream application/zip 160917 2025-07-07T09:47:33.765089 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia nl.wikipedia