Project Gutenberg 2005-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 96 Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion) 1854 1909 Crawford, Francis Marion Doctor Claudius, A True Story Reading ease score: 79.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Paul Murray, Charlie Kirschner and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Doctor Claudius, A True Story" by F. Marion Crawford is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around Dr. Claudius, a Swedish mathematician living in Heidelberg, who finds himself grappling with existential questions about life, loneliness, and the meaningfulness of his academic pursuits. As he reflects on his life, Claudius unexpectedly inherits a vast fortune from his recently deceased uncle, which brings further complexity to his already introspective existence. At the start of the narrative, we meet Dr. Claudius as he contemplates his loneliness and aging while surrounded by the trappings of his academic life. He is depicted as a solitary character, dedicated to his studies but feeling increasingly disconnected from the world around him. The opening also introduces a letter revealing his unexpected inheritance, prompting Claudius to delve into the implications of such wealth. Through his interactions and the thoughts about a mysterious woman he glimpses in the castle grounds, we see his paradoxical struggle between desiring connections with others and a profound sense of independence. The beginning sets a tone of introspection and inquiry, posing questions on the nature of wealth, purpose, and human connection that are likely to be explored throughout the novel. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Inheritance and succession -- Fiction Love stories PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 614949 614954 2024-10-07T04:34:49.232777 2023-09-07T06:29:22.935247 text/html text/html 638590 2020-12-14T05:06:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 234834 2020-12-14T05:06:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 312191 2024-10-07T04:34:59.254731 application/epub+zip 321355 2024-10-07T04:34:52.672775 application/epub+zip 305839 2024-10-07T04:34:51.301813 application/epub+zip 553476 2024-10-07T04:35:04.605199 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 525281 2024-10-07T04:34:58.360727 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 477519 2022-09-07T20:36:12.419354 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 592353 592270 2024-10-07T04:34:48.118783 2023-09-07T06:29:21.990220 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 592204 2020-12-14T05:06:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 223329 2020-12-14T05:06:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 592206 2020-12-14T05:06:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 223223 2020-12-14T05:06:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21859 2024-10-07T04:35:04.740183 application/rdf+xml 11752 2024-10-07T04:34:51.864784 image/jpeg 2890 2024-10-07T04:34:51.582757 image/jpeg 306214 2024-10-07T04:34:49.289792 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia