By the Waters of Babylon

Ardath

by Marie CORELLI (1855 - 1924)

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

Listen next episodes of Ardath:
A Golden Tress , A Missing Record , A Poet's Palace , A Strange Temptation , A Virgin Unshrined , By the Rhine , Fresh Laurels , God's Maiden Edris , Heliobas , In the Cathedral , In the Temple of Nagaya , Nourhalma , One Against Many , Realism , Rewards of Fame , Sah-Luma , Sah-Luma Sings , Sunrise , The Crimson River , The Cup of Wrath and Trembling , The Fall of the Obelisk , The Field of Flowers , The Love That Kills , The Marvelous City , The Passage of the Tombs , The Priest Zel , The Prophet of Doom , The Sacrifice , The Summons of the Signet , The Wizard of the Bow , Wasted Passion , Zabastesism and Paulism