Project Gutenberg 2004-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 97 Corelli, Marie 1855 1924 Mackay, Mary Corelli, Maria Temporal Power: A Study in Supremacy Reading ease score: 68.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Text file produced by Charles Adarondo and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "Temporal Power: A Study in Supremacy" by Marie Corelli is a philosophical novel written during the late 19th century. The book explores themes of power, monarchy, and the nature of humanity through the contemplation of a king who wrestles with the burdens of his royal duties and the expectations placed upon him by society. Central to the opening portion is the character of a king who reflects on the contradictions inherent in human life, the responsibilities of leadership, and the sacrifices demanded by position and privilege. At the start of the novel, the king sits alone in a palace, observing the beauty of nature while grappling with deep thoughts about his existence and role as a ruler. He recalls poignant memories, including his tumultuous feelings surrounding love and duty. The conversation he has with his tutor reflects a youthful curiosity about power and supremacy, questioning the very nature of kingship. This leads to an exploration of the king's dissatisfaction with the superficial trappings of power and the painful awareness of his own loneliness. The opening highlights the tension between personal desire and public duty, setting the stage for the king's resolve to break free from the constraints of conventional royal life in favor of a more authentic existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Religious fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Browsing: Fiction 1374635 1374636 2024-10-03T11:21:15.128100 2023-10-03T10:00:04.259335 text/html text/html 1448633 2021-02-26T01:16:56 text/html; charset=utf-8 493035 2021-02-26T01:17:03 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 592701 2024-10-03T11:21:31.858996 application/epub+zip 616512 2024-10-03T11:21:20.231155 application/epub+zip 590040 2024-10-03T11:21:17.858102 application/epub+zip 1021550 2024-10-03T11:21:41.229968 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 960770 2024-10-03T11:21:30.776029 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 865780 2022-09-04T03:36:19.040535 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1183688 1183559 2024-10-03T11:21:12.286121 2023-10-03T10:00:01.924322 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1202660 2016-11-03T12:15:22 text/plain; charset=utf-8 467272 2016-11-03T12:17:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1183197 2013-06-15T10:24:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 464489 2013-06-15T10:24:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1183188 2013-06-15T10:24:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 464368 2013-06-15T10:24:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23420 2024-10-03T11:21:41.389991 application/rdf+xml 15442 2024-10-03T11:21:19.002078 image/jpeg 3556 2024-10-03T11:21:18.409073 image/jpeg 577563 2024-10-03T11:21:15.238099 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