Project Gutenberg 2007-11-08 Public domain in the USA. 48 Hichens, Robert 1864 1950 Hichens, Robert Smythe Hichens, Robert S. (Robert Smythe) The Princess And The Jewel Doctor 1905 Reading ease score: 82.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by David Widger "The Princess And The Jewel Doctor" by Robert Hichens is a novel written in the early 20th century. The narrative revolves around Princess Danischeff, whose beauty and charm are overshadowed by her deep-seated fear of losing her sight, a fate that has befallen her family. The story explores themes of obsession and the lengths one might go to obtain the illusion of safety, particularly in the context of her experiences in Tunis and her encounters with a mysterious jewel doctor. In the tale, the Princess travels to Tunis seeking refuge and finds herself drawn to a peculiar figure known as Safti, the "jewel doctor," who claims to cure ailments with gemstones. Desperate to avert her fear of blindness, she borrows a small emerald ring under the belief it can protect her sight. As the story unfolds, her attachment to the emerald deepens, leading to moral dilemmas and a sense of impending consequence. The narrative builds towards a climax where the Princess attempts to escape back to Russia, but in a twist of fate, the emerald reverts to Safti, signifying the inescapable ties between her desires and her conscience. The novel intricately examines the interplay between wealth, superstition, and the human condition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories Princesses -- Fiction Tunis (Tunisia) -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 47865 47866 2024-10-10T08:16:22.549342 2023-09-10T10:51:23.305937 text/html text/html 44866 2021-02-24T22:34:07 text/html; charset=utf-8 16060 2021-02-24T22:34:10 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 91723 2024-10-10T08:16:27.876299 application/epub+zip 90478 2024-10-10T08:16:25.456312 application/epub+zip 79490 2024-10-10T08:16:24.293324 application/epub+zip 176493 2024-10-10T08:16:29.514301 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 169768 2024-10-10T08:16:27.006311 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 140337 2022-09-11T05:24:55.776495 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 38488 2024-10-10T08:16:22.279340 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 38800 2016-12-17T12:01:44 text/plain; charset=utf-8 14879 2016-12-17T12:05:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 38434 2007-11-08T08:56:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 14794 2007-11-08T08:56:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 38424 2007-11-08T08:56:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 14775 2007-11-08T08:56:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23311 2024-10-10T08:16:29.643295 application/rdf+xml 12007 2024-10-10T08:16:24.836327 image/jpeg 2921 2024-10-10T08:16:24.563358 image/jpeg 89551 2024-10-10T08:16:22.555321 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