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short story by H. P. Lovecraft

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Author
Kaui Hart Hemmings
First published
1998
Editions
17
Subjects
Death, Families of royal descent, Family, Fiction, Literature, Mothers, Parent and child, New York Times bestseller

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Instance of
literary work
Country of origin
United States
Narrative location
London
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publication date
1938-00-00
title
The Descendant
first line
In London there is a man who screams when the church bells ring.
last line
Perhaps he held within his own half-explored brain that cryptic link which would awaken him to elder and future lives in forgotten dimensions; which would bind him to the stars, and to the infinities and eternities beyond them.
language of work or name
English language
Commons category
The Descendant
form of creative work
short story
inception
1927-00-00
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