The Worshipper Of The Image
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ISBN10: 1419188895
ISBN13: 9781419188893
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Jun 17 2004
Pages: 60
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.14 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.18
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781419188893
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Jun 17 2004
Pages: 60
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.14 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.18
Language: English
The Worshipper of the Image is a novel by Richard Le Gallienne, first published in 1900. The story follows the life of a young man named Stephen Orry, who becomes obsessed with a beautiful statue of a woman known as the Image of Truth. Stephen is a struggling artist who lives in poverty in London, and he finds solace and inspiration in the statue, which he believes embodies all that is good and pure in the world.As Stephen's obsession with the Image grows, he becomes increasingly isolated from the world around him, including his friends and family. He spends all of his time studying the statue and trying to understand its meaning, and he begins to see the world through the lens of the Image's beauty and perfection.However, Stephen's devotion to the Image is challenged when he meets a young woman named Mary, who he falls in love with. Mary is everything that the Image is not - flawed, imperfect, and human. Stephen must decide whether to continue his worship of the Image or to embrace the messy, imperfect world of human relationships.The Worshipper of the Image is a powerful exploration of the nature of beauty, art, and love, and the ways in which they intersect and conflict with one another. It is a timeless story that continues to resonate with readers today.No wonder Beatrice had been frightened. Was there some mysterious life in the thing, after all? Why should these indefinite forebodings come over him as he looked at her!--But he was growing as childish as Beatrice. Surely midnight, a dark wood, a lantern, and a death-mask, with two owls whistling to each other across the valley, were enough to account for any number of forebodings! But Antony shivered, for all that, as he locked the door and hastened back again down the wood.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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