The Lord of the Sea
by M. P. Shiel
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About This Book
The Purple Cloud was published in 1901. H. G. Wells lauded The Purple Cloud as "brilliant" and H. P. Lovecraft later praised the novel as exemplary weird fiction, "delivered with a skill and artistry falling little short of actual majesty."The story is about a man, Adam Jeffson on a polar expedition who discovers a mysterious and deathly Purple Cloud. In the wake of the massive global deaths wrought by the Purple Cloud, Jeffson becomes ruler of the world and builds a huge palace to his glory. He meets a young woman and the two become the heirs to the future of humanity. The novel formed the ba...
Chapters (52)
- THE LORD OF THE SEA
- I. — THE EXODUS
- II. — THE FEZ
- III. — THE HUNTING-CROP
- IV. — THE SWOON
- V. — REID'S
- VI. — “PEARSON'S WEEKLY”
- VII. — THE ELM
- VIII. — THE METEOR
- IX. — HOGARTH'S GUNS
- X. — ISAAC
- XI. — WROXHAM BROAD
- XII. — THE ROSE
- XIII. — OUT OF THE WORLD
- XIV. — THE PRIEST
- XV. — MONSIGNOR
- XVI. — THE ROPE
- XVII. — OLD TOM'S LETTER
- XVIII. — CHLOROFORM
- XIX. — THE GREAT BELL
- XX. — THE INFIRMARY
- XXI. — IN THE DEEP
- XXII. — OLD TOM
- XXIII. — UNDER THE ELM
- XXIV. — FRANKL SEES THE METEORITE
- XXV. — CHURCH ARCHITECTURE
- XXVI. — FRANKL AND O'HARA
- XXVII. — THE BAG OF LIGHT
- XXVIII. — THE LETTER
- XXIX. — PRIORITY OF CLAIM
- XXX. — MR. BEECH
- XXXI. — THE HAMMERS
- XXXII. — WONDER
- XXXIII. — REEFS OF STEEL
- XXXIV. — THE “KAISER”
- XXXV. — THE CUP OF TREMBLING
- XXXVI. — THE “BOODAH” AND THE BATTLESHIPS
- XXXVII. — THE STRAITS
- XXXVIII. — THE MANIFESTO
- XXXIX. — THE “BOODAH'S” LOCK-UP
- XL — THE WEDDING
- XLI. — THE VISIT
- XLII. — REBEKAH TELLS
- XLIII. — THE LAND BILL
- XLIV. — THE REGENCY
- XLV. — ESTRELLA, THE PROPHETESS
- XLVI. — THE ORDER IN COUNCIL
- XLVII. — THE EMIGRANTS
- XLVIII. — THE SEA-FORTS
- XLIX. — THE DÉBÂCLE
- L — THE DECISION
- LI. — THE MODEL
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