Project Gutenberg 2020-03-31 Public domain in the USA. 132 Corelli, Marie 1855 1924 Mackay, Mary Corelli, Maria Severn, Arthur 1842 1931 Severn, Joseph Arthur Palliser The Devil's Motor: A Fantasy Produced by Tim Lindell, Bernard Sutton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Devil's Motor: A Fantasy by Marie Corelli" is a dark, imaginative fantasy written during the late 19th century. This novel explores themes of destruction and the consequences of human desire through a vivid and allegorical narrative. The story portrays a chaotic world led by a demonic figure, symbolizing the vices of modernity and the pursuit of materialism. In the book, the protagonist is a sinister entity driving a colossal car through a desolate landscape, which symbolizes the ravages of industrialization and human corruption. This figure, crowned with fire and shrouded in darkness, incites a frenzied rush towards destruction, gathering a multitude of souls that line their desires with greed and selfishness. With vivid imagery, Corelli depicts the collapse of beauty and virtue under the relentless march of progress, ultimately leading to a cataclysmic end. The narrative serves as a cautionary tale about the loss of spiritual values in the race for worldly gains, culminating in a powerful critique of society’s moral decline. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fantasy fiction Automobiles -- Fiction Devil -- Fiction PR Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 61951 2025-07-24T12:02:58.574166 text/html 36453 2024-10-17T17:09:33 text/html 891816 2025-07-24T12:03:04.756155 application/epub+zip 890542 2025-07-24T12:03:01.216182 application/epub+zip 87018 2025-07-24T12:02:59.207185 application/epub+zip 1205109 2025-07-24T12:03:06.726159 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 610080 2025-07-24T12:03:02.756148 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 115550 2022-09-27T21:38:52.049990 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 38251 2025-07-24T12:02:58.191203 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18323 2024-10-17T17:09:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17125 2025-07-24T12:03:06.875125 application/rdf+xml 20734 2025-07-24T12:02:59.282174 image/jpeg 2977 2025-07-24T12:02:59.243165 image/jpeg 915778 2025-07-24T12:02:58.655192 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