Project Gutenberg 2007-04-17 Public domain in the USA. 246 Thurston, Katherine Cecil 1875 1911 07014253 The Mystics: A Novel E-text prepared by Suzanne Shell, Storm, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Mystics: A Novel" by Katherine Cecil Thurston is a fictional work written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds around the lives of John Henderson and his dying uncle, Andrew Henderson, who is part of a secretive religious sect known as the Mystics. As John navigates the complexities of his heritage and the emotional weight of watching his uncle pass away, the themes of familial obligation, ambition, and the search for meaning in life begin to emerge. The opening of the novel introduces us to John Henderson, a young man in a tense vigil as his uncle lies dying in a remote Scottish house. The atmosphere is charged with the looming presence of death, and John's emotions are a mixture of grief and an unexpected sense of liberation—he has long suffered under his uncle's oppressive rule. As the narrative unfolds, John's curiosity about his uncle's mysterious beliefs grows, especially when he learns of a secret book that holds the promise of power and enlightenment within the sect. The opening chapters highlight themes of promise and disillusionment while foreshadowing the power struggle and internal conflicts that will guide John's journey of self-discovery in the quest for true identity and purpose. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 71.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Inheritance and succession -- Fiction Impostors and imposture -- Fiction Uncles -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Cults -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: British Literature Category: Religion/Spirituality 214411 2025-06-09T05:05:24.852211 text/html 217984 2007-04-17T14:17:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 979924 2021-01-02T15:58:27 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1011873 2025-06-09T05:05:29.333373 application/epub+zip 1012684 2025-06-09T05:05:25.830302 application/epub+zip 148884 2025-06-09T05:05:25.206251 application/epub+zip 1088214 2025-06-09T05:05:32.126287 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1060116 2025-06-09T05:05:28.923223 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 198795 2022-09-10T06:00:09.268344 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 185813 2025-06-09T05:05:24.342252 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 185540 2021-01-02T15:58:27 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 70189 2021-01-02T15:58:27 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 185548 2021-01-02T15:58:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 70187 2021-01-02T15:58:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21583 2025-06-09T05:05:32.277190 application/rdf+xml 16903 2025-06-09T05:05:25.437231 image/jpeg 2902 2025-06-09T05:05:25.389278 image/jpeg 978810 2025-06-09T05:05:24.927231 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