
In a remote riverside homestead, a solitary craftsman lives a quiet, rugged life with only one companion: Joey, a small orphan he rescued years ago. Their evenings by a pine‑lit fire are filled with whispered tales of imagined creatures, yet the man's thoughts often drift to a radiant figure he has only glimpsed in mist and flame—a woman of luminous eyes and an otherworldly aura. Her elusive presence haunts his days, turning his routine into a quiet yearning.
One afternoon, while shaping a cedar chest in his workshop, the woman finally steps out from the shadowed yew path. Dust‑caked yet regal, she asks whether the land is for sale, her voice both bewildering and magnetic. The sudden meeting forces the craftsman to confront the longing that has lived in his heart, setting the stage for choices that could reshape his solitary world. Listeners are invited into this lyrical tale of hope, mystery, and the thin line between dream and reality.
Language
en
Duration
~6 hours (383K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
United States: Penn Publishing Company, 1917.
Credits
D A Alexander, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by University of California libraries)
Release date
2022-06-26
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
A novelist and essayist with a long-running interest in women’s history, feminism, and social questions, this author is best known for writing about Wonder Woman and the cultural forces around her. Her work blends biography, criticism, and historical context in a readable, idea-driven style.
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