
Transcriber's Notes:
SELF-DOOMED.
In this early‑twentieth‑century tale, the elderly Master Fink welcomes a visitor and reflects on the tangled lives of his apprentice Gideon Wolf and the young Katrine Loebeg. His warm, conversational storytelling reveals a world where grief and hope sit side by side, as he muses on lost loves, the passage of seasons, and the quiet rhythms of a household that has endured change.
The narrative drifts into the unsettling presence of a new house‑keeper, whose pallid face and distant stare hint at unseen visions and whispered conversations with something beyond ordinary perception. Through Fink’s gentle yet probing observations, listeners are drawn into a layered portrait of memory, duty, and the thin line between sanity and mysticism—setting the stage for the conflicts and choices that will shape the characters’ futures.
Language
en
Duration
~2 hours (172K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Charles Bowen from page scans provided by the Web Archive (The Library of Congress)
Release date
2016-09-19
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1833–1903
A hugely prolific Victorian storyteller, he turned a restless, globe-spanning life into popular fiction, plays, and journalism. His work moved between London, Australia, and New Zealand, and his family later became literary in its own right.
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