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2025-04-09
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White, Edward Lucas
1866
1934
27008465
Lukundoo, and other stories
$aNew York :$bGeorge H. Doran, $c1927.
Lukundoo -- Floki's blade -- The picture puzzle -- The snout -- Alfandega 49A -- The message on the slate -- Amina -- The pig-skin belt -- The house of the nightmare -- Sorcery Island.
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“Lukundoo, and other stories” by Edward Lucas White is a collection of short fiction written in the early 20th century. The volume brings together tales spanning the supernatural, the uncanny, and adventure, often blending horror and psychological suspense. The opening stories suggest a mix of exotic locales, mysterious diseases, dark folklore, and the testing of human character under extraordinary duress, introducing characters like Singleton, Etcham, Van Rieten, and Thorkell Vilgerdson as they confront bizarre and sometimes terrifying events. The opening of the collection begins with "Lukundoo," where a group of men is drawn into a chilling tale recounting Singleton’s harrowing African experience. The narrative quickly introduces an atmosphere of mystery and dread: Singleton, typically reticent about his time in Africa, describes the plight of Stone, an extraordinary explorer afflicted by a grotesque and inexplicable malady that bewilders and terrifies his companions. As Singleton and his party seek to aid the suffering man, they encounter eerie manifestations—including strange voices, sinister swellings, and unnatural growths that blur the boundaries between folklore, sorcery, and disease—culminating in a climactic confrontation with the unknown. The subsequent opening of "Floki’s Blade" shifts to saga-like adventure, following Thorkell Vilgerdson as he is betrayed and cast adrift, only to begin a new chapter of trials and alliances in Iceland. Through these beginnings, the collection establishes its tone of suspenseful, character-driven tales steeped in the supernatural and the extraordinary. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89099248627
20200708031512white
1927
US
Reading ease score: 81.1 (6th grade). Easy to read.
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Short stories, American
Horror tales, American
American fiction
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