The Parasite: A Story by Arthur Conan Doyle
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"The Parasite: A Story" by Arthur Conan Doyle is a novelette published in 1894. Austin Gilroy, a skeptical young physiologist, encounters Miss Penclosa, a middle-aged woman with psychic powers and a crippled leg. After witnessing her mesmerism abilities, Gilroy allows himself to become the subject of her experiments. But when Miss Penclosa develops feelings for him and he rejects her advances, she begins using her mind control powers for increasingly sinister purposes,
leading to a chilling confrontation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Parasite: A Story |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Parasite |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Horror tales |
| Subject | Mesmerism -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 355 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-00355-9 |
| Release Date | Nov 1, 1995 |
| Last Update | Jan 1, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1419 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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