The Lifted Veil

The Lifted Veil
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Publisher : Xist Publishing
Total Pages : 46
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ISBN-10 : 9781623958312
ISBN-13 : 1623958318
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Book Synopsis The Lifted Veil by : George Eliot

Download or read book The Lifted Veil written by George Eliot and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lifted Veil by George Eliot is a gothic novella in the vein of other Victorian horror stories like Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Bram Stoker's Dracula. In The Lifted Veil, the unreliable narrator, Latimer, believes that he is cursed with an otherworldly ability to see into the future and the thoughts of other people. This leads to tragedy as his obsession with his brother's fiancee. This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This eBook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes


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