The Wonderful Adventures of Phra the Phoenician

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The Wonderful Adventures of Phra the Phoenician

by Edwin Lester Arnold

EN·~14 hours·30 chapters

Chapters

30 total

Publisher’s Note.

0:09

ILLUSTRATIONS

1:04

The Wonderful Adventures of Phra the Phoenician

0:03

INTRODUCTION

7:02

The Wonderful Adventures of Phra the Phœnician

0:03

PROLOGUE

3:09

CHAPTER I

27:55

CHAPTER II

26:24

CHAPTER III

38:43

CHAPTER IV

56:11

Description

A restless Phoenician trader named Phra sets sail from his sun‑kissed homeland, driven by an insatiable love of adventure and a hunger for the legendary tin islands of the far north. His first voyage takes him to a misty British shore before the Romans arrive, where he becomes entwined with a druidic community and a mysterious wife whose fate will echo through his many lives. Along the way, Phra muses on the nature of the soul, seeing each encounter as a thread that links the material world to something far larger.

What makes Phra’s tale singular is the promise that his spirit will not end with a single death. As the narrative moves forward, listeners are invited to follow his consciousness through successive rebirths—first as a Roman centurion’s confidant, then as a medieval mercenary, and later as a sailor in a distant empire—each life retaining the core passions that defined him. The story weaves together history, myth, and a quiet philosophical thread, offering a panoramic view of ancient cultures while asking timeless questions about identity and destiny.

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Language

en

Duration

~14 hours (819K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United States: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1917.

Credits

Tim Lindell, SF2001, 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

2022-02-06

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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Edwin Lester Arnold

1857–1935

Best remembered for an imaginative trip to Mars that helped anticipate later planetary adventure stories, this late-Victorian writer mixed romance, fantasy, and a feel for faraway places. His work still appeals to readers who enjoy early science fiction with a mythic, old-world flavor.

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