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 Strange Temptation ,
A Virgin Unshrined ,
By the Rhine ,
Fresh Laurels ,
Heliobas ,
In the Cathedral ,
In the Temple of Nagaya ,
Nourhalma ,
One Against Many ,
Realism ,
Rewards of Fame ,
Sah-Luma Sings ,
Sunrise ,
The Crimson River ,
The Cup of Wrath and Trembling ,
The Fall of the Obelisk ,
The Love That Kills ,
The Passage of the Tombs ,
The Priest Zel ,
The Prophet of Doom ,
The Sacrifice ,
The Wizard of the Bow ,
Wasted Passion ,
Zabastesism and Paulism