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The Alchemist (Unabridged)
- Author
- H. P. Lovecraft
- Narrator
- Michael Troy
- Publisher
- Bookstream Audiobooks
- Publish Date
- 21 September 2020
- Run Time
- 35 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Classic fiction
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- Author
- H. P. Lovecraft
- Narrator
- Michael Troy
- Duration
- 35 minutes
- Release Date
- 21 September 2020
- ISBN
- 9783991162490
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bookstream Audiobooks
- Genre
- Classic fiction
Synopsis
"The Alchemist" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1908, when Lovecraft was 17 or 18, and first published in the November 1916 issue of the United Amateur. Plot summary: The story is recounted by the protagonist, Count Antoine de C-, in the first person. Hundreds of years ago, Antoine's noble ancestor was responsible for the death of a dark wizard, Michel Mauvais. The wizard's son, Charles le Sorcier, swore revenge on not only him but all his descendants, cursing them to die on reaching the age of 32...
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