Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner

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Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner

by Ellsworth Douglass

EN·~6 hours·31 chapters

Chapters

31 total
1

PHARAOH'S BROKER

0:09
2

BY ELLSWORTH DOUGLASS

0:54
3

INTRODUCTION - Elusive Truth

12:18
4

BOOK I - Secrets of Space

0:01
5

CHAPTER I - Dr. Hermann Anderwelt

9:33
6

CHAPTER II - The Gravity Projectile

13:39
7

CHAPTER III - Structure of the Projectile

15:13
8

CHAPTER IV - What is on Mars?

11:33
9

CHAPTER V - Final Preparations

13:24
10

CHAPTER VI - Farewell to Earth

19:01

Description

A booming wheat broker vanishes from Chicago’s Board of Trade, leaving behind a baffling steel rocket half‑buried in the sands of Lake Michigan and a hastily scrawled note that reads “Farewell to Earth forever.” Newspapers spin wild theories—suicide, insurance fraud, a secret flight—while friends cling to hope that the energetic twenty‑seven‑year‑old is still alive. When investigators finally pry open the mysterious craft, they discover a notebook filled with a man’s own hand, chronicling an extraordinary departure from the familiar world.

In his manuscript, the broker describes the unsettling launch, the pull of an unseen force, and his sudden arrival on a strange, red‑lit planet. He writes of towering “terror birds,” iron‑clad strangers from a blue star, and a hidden valley where light behaves like water. The narrative blends scientific speculation with vivid adventure, inviting listeners to explore the early steps of a journey that blurs the line between daring imagination and unknown reality.

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Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner

Language

en

Duration

~6 hours (389K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Greg Weeks, George Snoga, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2008-05-02

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Ellsworth Douglass

Ellsworth Douglass

1863–1933

Best known for the 1899 speculative novel Pharaoh's Broker, this American writer published under the name Ellsworth Douglass while leading a far more restless life in business and travel. The result is an unusual literary profile: a turn-of-the-century entrepreneur whose fiction carries the energy of adventure and early science fiction.

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