Project Gutenberg 2011-06-22 Public domain in the USA. 125 Ainsworth, William Harrison 1805 1882 Ainsworth, W. Harrison (William Harrison) Ainsworth, W. H. (William Harrison) Ainsworth, Harrison Ainworth, W. Harrison (William Harrison) Ticheburn, Cheviot Browne, Hablot Knight 1815 1882 Phiz Browne, Hablot K. (Hablot Knight) Browne, H. K. (Hablot Knight) Brown, Hablot K. (Hablot Knight) "Phiz" Auriol; or, The Elixir of Life Produced by Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Auriol; or, The Elixir of Life" by William Harrison Ainsworth is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story delves into themes of alchemy and the quest for immortality through its titular character, Auriol Darcy, who finds himself intertwined with the alchemical ambitions of his great-grandfather, Doctor Lamb. The narrative opens with a rich historical tapestry, weaving between events of the past and the mysteries that the characters face. At the start of the novel, the prologue sets a tone of dark intrigue as it introduces Doctor Lamb, who is both a scientist and an alchemist, on the eve of the 17th century. A wounded man, Auriol Darcy, is brought to him, and through a series of events, he becomes entangled with Doctor Lamb's experiments to discover the elixir of life. The opening is filled with suspense and the supernatural, highlighting the contrasts between earthly desires and the ultimate quest for eternal life, foretelling the challenges Auriol will face as he grapples with the consequences of his newfound knowledge and destiny. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories Horror tales Gothic fiction Paranormal fiction PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 372010 372033 2024-09-15T11:48:24.995307 2023-09-16T05:31:12.611817 text/html text/html 373433 2011-06-22T15:36:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2189250 2011-06-22T15:36:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2530421 2024-09-15T11:48:32.276255 application/epub+zip 2535589 2024-09-15T11:48:26.808303 application/epub+zip 203080 2024-09-15T11:48:25.743295 application/epub+zip 2727003 2024-09-15T11:48:36.624215 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2700949 2024-09-15T11:48:31.502279 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 370728 2022-09-16T15:45:27.191963 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 347957 347734 2024-09-15T11:48:23.979283 2023-09-16T05:31:11.684805 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 347779 2011-06-22T15:36:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 136077 2011-06-22T15:36:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 347776 2011-06-22T15:36:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 136043 2011-06-22T15:36:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22656 2024-09-15T11:48:36.767220 application/rdf+xml 15174 2024-09-15T11:48:26.121270 image/jpeg 3780 2024-09-15T11:48:25.925277 image/jpeg 2241894 2024-09-15T11:48:25.072278 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 en.wikipedia