About this book
Victorian-era writer Marie Corelli’s epic work Ardath, The Story of a Dead Self, is filled with supernatural and gothic themes. We meet Theos Alwyn, an atheist poet who is lost and disconsolate with life. He begins his journey by seeking out a monastery in the Caucasus mountains; his spiritual quest then takes him to the mythical field of Ardath, which becomes a door into a dream of another version of his self that transcends space and time. - Summary by Lisa Statler
Chapters (40)
1The Monastery
2The Confession
3The Departure
4"Angelus Domini"
5A Mystic Tryst
6"Nourhalma" and the original Esdras
7An Undesired Blessing
8By the Waters of Babylon
9The Field of Flowers
10God's Maiden Edris
11The Marvelous City
12Sah-Luma
13A Poet's Palace
14The Summons of the Signet
15Sah-Luma Sings
16The Prophet of Doom
17A Virgin Unshrined
18The Love That Kills
19A Strange Temptation
20The Passage of the Tombs
21The Crimson River
22Wasted Passion
23Nourhalma
24The Fall of the Obelisk
25A Golden Tress
26The Priest Zel
27In the Temple of Nagaya
28The Sacrifice
29The Cup of Wrath and Trembling
30Sunrise
31Fresh Laurels
32Zabastesism and Paulism
33Realism
34Rewards of Fame
35One Against Many
36Heliobas
37A Missing Record
38The Wizard of the Bow
39By the Rhine
40In the Cathedral
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