Project Gutenberg 2007-10-20 Public domain in the USA. 59 Lowndes, Robert W. 1916 1998 Lowndes, Robert Augustine Ward Josephs, Henry Lavond, Paul Dennis The Troubadour Produced from Future combined with Science Fiction Stories September 1951. Reading ease score: 71.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Troubadour" by Robert W. Lowndes is a science fiction story written in the early 1950s. The narrative unfolds in a modern setting, focusing on a mysterious character named Mr. Fayliss, who captivates an eclectic group of party-goers with his haunting songs. The story explores themes of cultural decay and the emotions tied to civilizations long past, positioning the troubadour as a chronicler of forgotten peoples. The story follows a gathering hosted by Jocelyn, where intellectual debates and artistic discussions are the main attractions. Amidst the conversations, Mr. Fayliss, an enigmatic figure, performs a song cycle that laments the loss of a once-great civilization, evoking feelings of despair and nostalgia among his listeners. His performance has an ethereal quality that resonates deeply, leaving the audience to ponder the fate of lost cultures and their own connections to those histories. The narrative raises questions about identity, memory, and the very essence of civilization, all while cloaked in an atmosphere of intrigue surrounding the troubadour's true nature and origins. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 34249 34254 2024-10-10T06:49:36.540305 2023-09-10T09:43:12.732532 text/html text/html 30365 2007-10-20T08:23:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 32560 2007-10-20T08:23:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 98542 2024-10-10T06:49:40.404303 application/epub+zip 97410 2024-10-10T06:49:38.285318 application/epub+zip 77083 2024-10-10T06:49:37.122312 application/epub+zip 194027 2024-10-10T06:49:41.965287 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 187515 2024-10-10T06:49:39.733305 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 102750 2022-09-11T03:50:45.385634 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 28421 28321 2024-10-10T06:49:36.288304 2023-09-10T09:43:12.576518 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 28271 2007-10-20T08:23:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 11010 2007-10-20T08:23:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20216 2024-10-10T06:49:42.086362 application/rdf+xml 10455 2024-10-10T06:49:37.672310 image/jpeg 3015 2024-10-10T06:49:37.394302 image/jpeg 95715 2024-10-10T06:49:36.547322 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