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The Lifted Veil
Paperback
Classic FictionGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction
ISBN13: 9781535156264
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: Jul 8 2016
Pages: 50
Weight: 0.18
Height: 0.10 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Lifted Veil
by George Eliot
A Horror Classic
The Lifted Veil is a novella by George Eliot, first published in 1859. Quite unlike the realistic fiction for which Eliot is best known, The Lifted Veil explores themes of extrasensory perception, the essence of physical life, possible life after death, and the power of fate. The novella is a significant part of the Victorian tradition of horror fiction, which includes such other examples as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818), Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886), and Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897).
The unreliable narrator, Latimer, believes that he is cursed with an otherworldly ability to see into the future and the thoughts of other people. His unwanted gift seems to stem from a severe childhood illness he suffered while attending school in Geneva. Latimer is convinced of the existence of this power, and his two initial predictions do come true the way he has envisioned them: a peculiar patch of rainbow light on the pavement and a few words of dialogue appear to him exactly as expected. Latimer is revolted by much of what he discerns about others' motivations.
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