
TEDIOUS BRIEF TALES OF GRANTA AND GRAMARYE.
List of Illustrations
To Two Cambridge Magicians
The Everlasting Club
The Treasure of John Badcoke
The True History of Anthony Ffryar
The Necromancer
Brother John’s Bequest
The Burden of Dead Books
Thankfull Thomas
In the quiet corridors of an ancient Cambridge college, a series of short, whimsical sketches beckon listeners into a world where scholarly life and the uncanny intersect. The narrator guides us past stone gateways, cloistered arches, and dimly lit staircases, each scene tinged with a blend of merriment and melancholy. Illustrated details of portals, fireplaces, and hidden windows give the tales a vivid, almost tactile quality, inviting you to imagine the echo of footsteps and whispered conversations that have lingered for centuries.
Among these vignettes lies the story of a secluded chamber known only to a few—a room once bustling with the comforts of the Georgian era, now sealed in darkness behind a massive oak door. Within its walls the “Everlasting Club” once gathered, a secret society whose revelry and intrigue echo the infamous gatherings of London’s notorious clubs. As the narrative unfolds, you’ll sense the pull of hidden histories and the lingering promise of mysteries yet to be uncovered.
Language
en
Duration
~2 hours (172K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
United Kingdom: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd., 1919.
Credits
Emmanuel Ackerman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
Release date
Nov 28, 2022
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
1852–1940
An English scholar with a taste for the uncanny, he is best remembered for eerie Cambridge-set tales that blend college life, folklore, and ghostly unease.
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