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The Asbestos Society of Sinners detailing the diversions of Dives and others on the playground of Pluto, with some broken threads of drop-stitch history, picked up by a newspaper man in Hades and woven into a Stygian nights' entertainment

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The Asbestos Society of Sinners detailing the diversions of Dives and others on the playground of Pluto, with some broken threads of drop-stitch history, picked up by a newspaper man in Hades and woven into a Stygian nights' entertainment

by Lawrence Daniel Fogg

EN·~3 hours·15 chapters

Chapters

15 total
1

Transcriber’s Notes

0:32
2

The Asbestos Society of Sinners

5:29
3

CHAPTER I. The Summons from Satan.

12:12
4

CHAPTER II. Shady Sinners of the Styx.

16:34
5

CHAPTER III. John Brown’s Body and the Bones of John Paul Jones.

16:15
6

CHAPTER IV. Henry VIII. and His Harem in Hades.

17:04
7

CHAPTER V. What Methuselah Thinks of Dr. Osler.

13:23
8

CHAPTER VI. The Virgin Throned in the West: A Tabloid Tangle of Love and History.

23:15
9

CHAPTER VII. “Boss” Tweed on Tainted Money, with Some Nonsense Definitions of Fads and Finance.

12:56
10

CHAPTER VIII. How the Creation Centered about a Petticoat: A Revised Version of the First Chapter of Darwin and the Ascent of Man.

11:55

Description

A mischievous reporter decides to treat the underworld like any other newsroom, filing dispatches from the banks of the Styx and the smoky lounges of Pluto. With a wink to classic satire, he invites readers to watch historical figures—kings, saints, and scientists—re‑imagined as residents of a bureaucratic Hell. The opening chapters set the stage for a playful pilgrimage, where absurdity and erudition collide in a carnival of after‑life anecdotes.

The narrative rolls through a series of witty “chapters,” each a tongue‑in‑cheek vignette that pairs famous personalities with outlandish underworld duties, from a Mormon’s marital misadventures to a petticoat‑centric retelling of evolution. The prose is peppered with faux‑academic footnotes, mock‑serious commentary, and clever wordplay that keeps the listener both amused and intrigued. Expect a lively, irreverent tour that treats Hades as a bustling newsroom, offering a fresh, humorous perspective on history and myth alike.

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The Asbestos Society of Sinners detailing the diversions of Dives and others on the playground of Pluto, with some broken threads of drop-stitch history, picked up by a newspaper man in Hades and woven into a Stygian nights' entertainment detailing the diversions of Dives and others on the playground of Pluto, with some broken threads of drop-stitch history, picked up by a newspaper man in Hades and woven into a Stygian nights' entertainment

Language

en

Duration

~3 hours (172K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United States: Mayhew Publishing Company, 1906.

Credits

Charlene Taylor, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Release date

2022-01-17

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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Lawrence Daniel Fogg

Best known today for the strange, vividly titled The Asbestos Society of Sinners, this little-known early 20th-century writer left behind work that still catches the eye of curious readers. His surviving public profile is sparse, which only adds to the mystery around his books.

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