The World Masters

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The World Masters

by George Chetwynd Griffith

EN·~8 hours·2 chapters

Chapters

2 total

THE WORLD MASTERS

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BY - GEORGE GRIFFITH - AUTHOR OF "The Angel of the Revolution," "Brothers of the Chain," "The Justice of Revenge," "A Honeymoon in Space," "Captain Johnnie," etc. etc.

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Description

In the shadowed attic of an ancient Strasbourg house, Doctor Emil Fargeau stands on the brink of a daring scientific venture. Surrounded by humming apparatuses and a flickering clock, he prepares a mysterious contraption that he believes will shatter the iron grip of the German occupiers. His obsession with the “Great Experiment” drives him to risk everything—career, home, even his own safety—for a single, decisive moment.

The tension builds as the doctor tests his invention, striking a steel plate that fractures like glass, and declares his triumph in a blend of Alsatian French and fierce patriotism. Fargeau’s vision extends beyond personal revenge; he imagines a world reshaped by French influence, where nations bow to a new order he hopes to create. Listeners are drawn into the charged atmosphere of a city under siege, feeling the pulse of science, nationalism, and the desperate hope of a man daring to rewrite history.

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Language

en

Duration

~8 hours (480K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Malcolm Farmer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

Nov 16, 2011

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

George Chetwynd Griffith

George Chetwynd Griffith

1857–1906

A fast-moving Victorian storyteller, he helped shape early science fiction with tales of air war, revolution, and journeys beyond Earth. His novels mix adventure, politics, and big speculative ideas in a way that still feels strikingly modern.

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