Project Gutenberg 2013-08-29 Public domain in the USA. 113 Blackwood, Algernon 1869 1951 The Bright Messenger Reading ease score: 73.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by 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.) "The Bright Messenger" by Algernon Blackwood is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers on Edward Fillery, a detached yet deeply sympathetic psychologist and doctor, who grapples with his identity shaped by his unconventional birth and upbringing. The book explores themes of human nature, consciousness, and the search for deeper understanding, particularly as it relates to a mysterious young man named LeVallon, who embodies both extraordinary abilities and a primordial connection to nature. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to Edward Fillery, who reflects on his unique perspective on life stemming from the complex circumstances of his birth. The opening chapters delve into his upbringing, his father's passion for a foreign woman, and the psychological burdens that shaped him into a compassionate observer of humanity. As Fillery embarks on a journey to discover the potential of human consciousness, he receives a letter about LeVallon, a young man with unusual traits and a deep spiritual connection to nature. This letter hints at LeVallon being a unique case filled with potential for insight into the reality beyond ordinary human existence. The initial dynamics between Fillery, LeVallon, and the influences of their respective pasts set the stage for a deeper exploration of what it means to be human. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43594/43594-h/images/cover.jpg en Fantasy fiction Paranormal fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 790618 790624 2024-10-18T10:10:05.194920 2023-09-19T05:59:25.483582 text/html text/html 803519 2013-08-28T21:55:26 text/html; charset=utf-8 409968 2013-08-28T21:59:04 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 438303 2024-10-18T10:10:15.710862 application/epub+zip 448522 2024-10-18T10:10:07.072929 application/epub+zip 387728 2024-10-18T10:10:06.022930 application/epub+zip 675255 2024-10-18T10:10:22.581346 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 612421 2024-10-18T10:10:14.773869 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 551975 2022-09-19T20:44:01.909884 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 737207 2024-10-18T10:10:03.574974 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 736957 2013-08-28T21:55:10 text/plain; charset=utf-8 282795 2013-08-28T21:59:04 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 736737 2013-08-28T21:56:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 282669 2013-08-28T21:59:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 736739 2013-08-28T21:58:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 282553 2013-08-28T21:59:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23581 2024-10-18T10:10:22.727300 application/rdf+xml 14276 2024-10-18T10:10:06.134885 image/jpeg 1942 2024-10-18T10:10:06.075910 image/jpeg 408190 2024-10-18T10:10:05.272915 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