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The narrative opens on a stormy Christmas Eve and introduces Josiah McNason, a self-made multi-millionaire whose wealth and callousness shape the lives of many. It follows his habitual exercise of power, the flattering deference he receives, and his instinctive refusal to soften or assist supplicants, until a strange, unexplained visitation intrudes upon his insulated world. That event provokes a probing of conscience and exposes the social and moral consequences of his conduct, setting up an internal reckoning between material ambition and demands of human sympathy while unfolding through atmospheric description and moral reflection.

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Title: The Strange Visitation

Author: Marie Corelli

Release date: December 28, 2020 [eBook #64152]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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THE STRANGE VISITATION



THE
STRANGE VISITATION

BY
MARIE CORELLI
AUTHOR OF “THE LIFE EVERLASTING” “THELMA” “HOLY
ORDERS” “THE SORROWS OF SATAN” ETC. ETC.

HODDER AND STOUGHTON
LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO