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Between 1903 and 1908, Lovecraft created many stories and sketches, about which we know nothing today beyond the fact that they existed. Almost all met the same fate: death in the flames at the hands of their creator. Lovecraft saved only two texts – "The Alchemist" (1908) and "The Beast in the Cave."
The sketch of the story was created as early as the spring of 1904, but Lovecraft needed some time in the Providence Public Library to get to know the location where he set the story, i.e., Mammoth Cave in Kentucky (now a national park). The plot can be summarized in one sentence: a tourist gets lost in a vast cave, where he encounters the titular beast.
It is immediately apparent how much Lovecraft had progressed in prose writing since he penned the weak "The Mysterious Ship" three years earlier. The story is mature, with a well-developed psychology of the main character. In the 1930s, the author considered "The Beast in the Cave" to be the first of his works, chronologically, that held any value for him. It is the first story that bears such a clear resemblance to the writer's later works. I particularly note the fact that Lovecraft uses for the first time the phenomenon of the so-called "terminal climax," where the climax coincides with the last sentence of the story. Another striking example of this technique can be found in "Pickman's Model."
The story was not published until 1918, just after Lovecraft returned to writing prose (from 1908 to 1917 he was exclusively engaged in studies and poetry). Lovecraft was convinced to publish it by his friend from the amateur writers' society, W. Paul Cook.
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In the vast expanse of the Algerian desert, an adventurer embarks on a solitary journey to explore ancient temples hidden among the dunes. As he delves into the ruins, he uncovers engravings on the walls that hint at a civilization far more advanced than ours, one that predates history as we know it. Suddenly, he’s whisked away by unseen forces and comes face-to-face with these ancient beings. In a twist of fate, he learns the secret behind their diminished stature, as they have evolved into beings of small form but immense intellect, a stark contrast to their grand legacy etched in stone.
By: Dr. Amr Mounir
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Чудо Пурун Бхагата
- By: Редьярд Киплинг
- Narrated by: Вячеслав Манылов
- Length: 55 mins
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В 1894-1895 годах в свет выходят знаменитые "Книга джунглей" и "Вторая книга джунглей", подлинные шедевры Киплинга. Сказка Чудо Пурун Бхагата о подвижнике, который своими благочестивыми делами заслужил уважение людей настолько, что в его честь построили храм и назвали гору его именем.
By: Редьярд Киплинг
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All Night Long
- By: Betsy James
- Narrated by: Kristen Scribner
- Length: 2 mins
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Nick, the night zookeeper, has an important job: to care for all the animals while everyone else sleeps. Follow him along while he performs his nightly duties at the zoo.
By: Betsy James
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A Spectacular Ride
- By: Drollene P. Brown
- Narrated by: Kristen Scribner
- Length: 5 mins
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The true story of a courageous teenage girl, Sybil Ludington, who rode 40 miles in one night on horseback to muster the militia in response to an impending invasion by British soldiers.
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
- By: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrated by: Billy Dickson
- Length: 26 mins
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“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce is a masterfully crafted short story that transports the listener to the heart of the American Civil War. Peyton Farquhar, a plantation owner, is captured by Union soldiers and sentenced to death by hanging. In his final moments, in a desperate attempt to escape, his mind wanders between reality and illusion. Will he manage to return to his beloved family?
By: Ambrose Bierce
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The Goophered Grapevine
- By: Charles W. Chesnutt
- Narrated by: Mark Bowen
- Length: 38 mins
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The Goophered Grapevine is the first short story from The Conjure Woman, published in The Atlantic in August 1887, told to the narrator by Julius McAdoo, a former enslaved man who lives on the plantation that the narrator, John, and his wife, Annie, visit one day. Set in Patesville, North Carolina, John and Annie moved there for an improvement in his wife's health and to seek other business opportunities. Knowing that the couple wanted to purchase the property, McAdoo advises them not to do so, informing them that when Dugal McAdoo, the previous master, purchased the property, it was very rich in wine production because of its vineyards.