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Lore of Proserpine

First published: 1913
Pages: 143

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Read by Jim Locke, Chris A. Hawkins and Amy Gramour · 6 h 10 min · 16 parts

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PREFACE
5:16
THE WINDOWS
21:18
A BOY IN THE WOOD
20:05
HARKNESS'S FANCY
32:38
THE GODS IN THE SCHOOLHOUSE
25:47
THE SOUL AT THE WINDOW
30:47
QUIDNUNC-Part 1
32:44
QUIDNUNC-Part 2
10:45
THE SECRET COMMONWEALTH
16:42
BECKWITH'S CASE -Part 1
25:37
BECKWITH'S CASE -Part 2
18:27
THE FAIRY WIFE -Part 1
18:14
THE FAIRY WIFE -Part 2
28:26
THE FAIRY WIFE -Part 3
22:43
OREADS
34:02
A SUMMARY CHAPTER
27:09

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Lore of Proserpine is a 1913 book by Maurice Hewlett (1861-1923), the English novelist and essayist, and the strangest work in his output: a series of essays and narratives presented as the author's own encounters with fairies and nature spirits in the English countryside. Hewlett writes with apparent seriousness about visions of dryads, oreads, and the hidden folk, framing the book between memoir, fantasy, and a Platonist meditation on the reality behind appearances, with Proserpine standing as the goddess of the natural world's double life. Critics have never settled how literally Hewlett meant it. The book belongs with the Edwardian fairy literature of Arthur Machen and the early Walter de la Mare, and it remains a curiosity prized by readers of English fantasy. Free PDF download available on BDeBooks.

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Maurice Hewlett

Maurice Hewlett was an English novelist, essayist, and poet whose work ranged across travel writing, historical romance, short fiction, drama, and verse. Born in 1861, he trained in law and held a government records post before literature became his principal career.