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Title: The Sorcerer's Stone
Original Publication: United States: The John C. Winston Company, 1914.
Credits: Carol Brown, Aaron Adrignola, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Summary: "The Sorcerer's Stone" by Beatrice Grimshaw is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around two main characters, an adventurous Australian named Flint and a French marquis, both of whom are on a quest related to magic and indigenous cultures in remote New Guinea. The narrative is likely to blend themes of adventure, local sorcery, and the complexities of cross-cultural encounters. The opening of the story sets a dark and tense atmosphere inside a New Guinea temple where the protagonists observe local customs and evince an impending sense of danger. The Marquis, passionate about studying magic, engages in a mesmerizing dance that catches the attention of a young local girl, much to Flint's dismay as he is wary of the hostile potential of their surroundings. The plot quickly escalates as the girl appears to fall under the spell of the Marquis’ dance, leading to unexpected consequences connected to local sorcery and the enigmatic sorcerer Mo. This inciting event indicates that the narrative will explore themes of cultural tension, the allure and risks of the supernatural, and the quest for a powerful artifact – the titular sorcerer's stone. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 77.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Grimshaw, Beatrice, 1871-1953
Illustrator: Sarka, Charles N. (Charles Nicholas), 1879-1960
EBook No.: 72378
Published: Dec 11, 2023
Downloads: 126
Language: English
Subject: Adventure stories
Subject: Jewel thieves -- Fiction
Subject: Diamonds -- Fiction
Subject: Papua New Guinea -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: The Sorcerer's Stone
Original Publication: United States: The John C. Winston Company, 1914.
Credits: Carol Brown, Aaron Adrignola, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Summary: "The Sorcerer's Stone" by Beatrice Grimshaw is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around two main characters, an adventurous Australian named Flint and a French marquis, both of whom are on a quest related to magic and indigenous cultures in remote New Guinea. The narrative is likely to blend themes of adventure, local sorcery, and the complexities of cross-cultural encounters. The opening of the story sets a dark and tense atmosphere inside a New Guinea temple where the protagonists observe local customs and evince an impending sense of danger. The Marquis, passionate about studying magic, engages in a mesmerizing dance that catches the attention of a young local girl, much to Flint's dismay as he is wary of the hostile potential of their surroundings. The plot quickly escalates as the girl appears to fall under the spell of the Marquis’ dance, leading to unexpected consequences connected to local sorcery and the enigmatic sorcerer Mo. This inciting event indicates that the narrative will explore themes of cultural tension, the allure and risks of the supernatural, and the quest for a powerful artifact – the titular sorcerer's stone. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 77.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Author: Grimshaw, Beatrice, 1871-1953
Illustrator: Sarka, Charles N. (Charles Nicholas), 1879-1960
EBook No.: 72378
Published: Dec 11, 2023
Downloads: 126
Language: English
Subject: Adventure stories
Subject: Jewel thieves -- Fiction
Subject: Diamonds -- Fiction
Subject: Papua New Guinea -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.