
Lost on a winding road through the Catskills, a weary traveler’s car dies beside a lonely, ramshackle house hidden among ancient trees. Inside, he is greeted by a stooped, blue‑shirted stranger who lives off kerosene, tends millions of bees, and keeps a blind cat for company. Over a quiet supper of honey‑drizzled biscuits, the two men exchange cryptic remarks that hint at a world far removed from ordinary highways.
Beyond the eerie hospitality, the narrative opens a doorway to a larger mystery—a god forgotten by humanity and the strange adventures that follow the day after eternity. The hermit’s cluttered shelves, filled with everything from philosophy to popular novels, suggest a hidden depth of knowledge and an invitation to explore ideas that challenge belief itself. Listeners will find themselves drawn into a contemplative, slightly uncanny journey that lingers long after the fire fades.
Language
en
Duration
~4 hours (287K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Louise Davies, Roger Taft, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2010-08-22
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

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