Project Gutenberg 2019-12-27 Public domain in the USA. 176 Scrymsour, Ella M. 1888 The Perfect World: A romance of strange people and strange places Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Perfect World: A Romance of Strange People and Strange Places" by Ella Scrymsour is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story begins in the quaint village of Marshfielden, surrounded by superstition and the eerie tale of a "Curse" that falls upon outsiders. The narrative follows two cousins, Alan and Desmond Forsyth, who come to the village to work in a nearby coal mine, inadvertently unlocking a series of mysterious and tragic events. The clash of rural tradition with the arrival of the modern world sets the stage for an exploration of fear, community, and the supernatural. At the start of the novel, the tranquil yet isolated village of Marshfielden is introduced, where the arrival of the two young men creates a ripple of excitement and fear among its superstitious inhabitants. As the villagers recount the ominous "Curse" that befalls any stranger, a tragic event occurs—the disappearance of a child from a local family, fueling the villagers' suspicions and fears towards the new arrivals. The action quickly escalates as more villagers go missing, the once peaceful community is gripped with terror, and Alan and Desmond's initial excitement turns into a desperate struggle for survival against not just the villagers' fears and superstitions but the bizarre and supernatural forces that haunt Marshfielden. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Utopias -- Fiction Utopian fiction Jupiter (Planet) -- Fiction PR Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels 671035 2025-07-24T08:58:01.129710 text/html 651748 2024-10-17T15:31:29 text/html 418123 2025-07-24T08:58:10.008244 application/epub+zip 428353 2025-07-24T08:58:02.690721 application/epub+zip 330427 2025-07-24T08:58:01.915732 application/epub+zip 598129 2025-07-24T08:58:15.604151 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 557426 2025-07-24T08:58:09.069224 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 459732 2022-09-27T15:05:31.534410 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 594482 2025-07-24T08:57:59.641741 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 574571 2024-10-17T15:31:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16913 2025-07-24T08:58:15.808165 application/rdf+xml 13568 2025-07-24T08:58:02.047703 image/jpeg 2153 2025-07-24T08:58:01.970729 image/jpeg 389226 2025-07-24T08:58:01.186747 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