
THE WONDERFUL STORY OF RAVALETTE. ALSO, TOM CLARK AND HIS WIFE, THEIR DOUBLE DREAMS AND THE CURIOUS THINGS THAT BEFELL THEM THEREIN; OR, THE ROSICRUCIAN’S STORY.
INTRODUCTORY.
BOOK I.
CHAPTER I. THE STRANGE MAN.
CHAPTER II. his early days—the strange legend.
CHAPTER III. A SPECTRAL VISITANT.
CHAPTER IV. A VERY STRANGE STORY—ETTELAVAR!
CHAPTER V. LOVE. EULAMPÉA—THE BEAUTIFUL.
CHAPTER VI. NAPOLEON III. AND THE ROSICRUCIANS—AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN AND AN EXTRAORDINARY THEORY.
BOOK II.
A thoughtful, Victorian‑flavoured tale invites listeners to wonder whether true magic ever existed beyond the tricks of charlatans and the hype of 19th‑century spiritualism. The narrator, a sceptic steeped in the era’s utilitarian optimism, questions the veil that separates ordinary life from the mysterious “beyond,” probing the limits of human perception. As the story unfolds, it balances philosophical musings with a subtle, creeping sense of wonder, promising a journey into realms that most dismiss as illusion.
Into this setting steps a lone, weary traveler—a man whose gaunt appearance and lingering melancholy seem to draw the very atmosphere toward him. His arrival hints at an extraordinary series of events that will challenge the narrator’s doubts and perhaps reveal a fragment of the hidden world he longed to glimpse. Listeners will be drawn into his enigmatic quest, feeling the pull of secrets waiting just beyond the night‑curtain of ordinary experience.
Language
en
Duration
~6 hours (367K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Norbert Müller, Bill Tozier, Barbara Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images produced by the Wright American Fiction Project.)
Release date
2013-03-31
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1825–1874
A bold 19th-century writer and occult thinker, he moved through spiritualism, medicine, and radical ideas with unusual energy. His books helped shape later Rosicrucian and esoteric traditions in the United States.
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