WeRead Powered by ReaderPub
The Mysterious Stranger: A Romance cover

The Mysterious Stranger: A Romance

Chapter 1: The Mysterious Stranger
Open in WeRead

About This Book

A boy recalls life in a remote, old-world village dominated by religious authority and local superstition, where a scandal isolates a gentle clergyman and his niece. The narrator and other youths witness the arrival of an enigmatic supernatural visitor whose astonishing displays and mordant lessons expose human folly, ethical ambiguity, and the illusory nature of reality. The narrative moves through anecdotal episodes blending humor, cruelty, and surreal spectacle while developing a bleak philosophical inquiry into conscience, free will, and the limits of knowledge, closing on an unsettling, reflective coda that undermines comforting beliefs about meaning and permanence.

The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Mysterious Stranger: A Romance

This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this ebook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook.

Title: The Mysterious Stranger: A Romance

Author: Mark Twain

Illustrator: N. C. Wyeth

Release date: October 1, 2015 [eBook #50109]
Most recently updated: October 22, 2024

Language: English

Credits: Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images
generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian
Libraries)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER: A ROMANCE ***

The Mysterious Stranger