Project Gutenberg 2008-11-14 Public domain in the USA. 361 Hecht, Ben 1894 1964 Smith, Wallace 1888 1937 22019092 Fantazius Mallare: A Mysterious Oath Produced by Suzanne Shell, David Wilson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Fantazius Mallare: A Mysterious Oath" by Ben Hecht is a novel written in the early 20th century. The work delves into the psyche of its main character, Fantazius Mallare, a troubled artist grappling with his madness and his disdain for life while navigating his relationship with a created character named Rita. The themes of existentialism, madness, and the nature of reality serve as a backdrop for the dark and introspective journey that Mallare undertakes. The opening of the novel introduces Fantazius Mallare, who views himself as mad, feeling detached from the world and its meaningless gestures. He lives with a servant named Goliath, a deformed boy who represents Mallare's own warped perception of reality. He has renounced his previous life as an artist, feeling a profound boredom with his creations and existence itself. Mallare's plight worsens as he acquires Rita, a young girl bought from a gypsy caravan, whom he attempts to mold according to his whims. As he interacts with her, the line between creator and creation begins to blur, ultimately leading to a violent confrontation where Mallare struggles with the implications of his actions and the nature of his sanity. The narrative's immersiveness brings the reader into Mallare's chaotic mind, exploring profound psychological themes and the allure of madness. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Gothic fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels 210631 2025-06-11T08:56:08.639585 text/html 213322 2008-11-14T04:37:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2902574 2008-11-14T04:37:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 3001430 2025-06-11T08:56:28.531485 application/epub+zip 3001869 2025-06-11T08:56:17.735528 application/epub+zip 154126 2025-06-11T08:56:11.287594 application/epub+zip 5601214 2025-06-11T08:56:33.130533 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5581795 2025-06-11T08:56:22.258550 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 278072 2022-09-12T13:34:31.852552 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 170265 2025-06-11T08:56:07.820585 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 170109 2008-11-14T04:37:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 64441 2008-11-14T04:37:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 170100 2008-11-14T04:37:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 64423 2008-11-14T04:37:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21105 2025-06-11T08:56:33.321447 application/rdf+xml 14312 2025-06-11T08:56:11.857542 image/jpeg 3312 2025-06-11T08:56:11.573554 image/jpeg 2987758 2025-06-11T08:56:08.758603 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 en.wikipedia