Project Gutenberg 2004-11-17 Public domain in the USA. 94 Barr, Robert 1850 1912 From Whose Bourne Reading ease score: 81.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, David Widger and PG Distributed Proofreaders from images generously made available by the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions "From Whose Bourne" by Robert Barr is a fictional narrative written in the late 19th century. The story centers around William Brenton, who unexpectedly finds himself deceased after a seemingly normal Christmas Eve dinner with his wife, Alice, and friends. The narrative explores themes of life after death as Brenton grapples with his new existence in the spirit world and his attempts to understand the circumstances surrounding his untimely demise while navigating the emotional turmoil of seeing his wife accused of his murder. The opening of the story introduces William Brenton as he excuses himself from the gathering and goes upstairs, where he soon falls into a dreamlike state. This unsettling dream transitions into a surreal experience where he observes his own lifeless body and learns from a mysterious figure that he is dead. As Brenton comes to terms with his new reality, he is drawn back to the events leading to his death and is horrified to discover that his wife has been arrested for his murder. The initial chapters establish a captivating premise of the afterlife intertwined with mystery, engaging the reader in Brenton's journey as he seeks both clarity and resolution for the chaos left behind. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Ghosts -- Fiction Mystery fiction PS Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 227037 227097 2024-10-04T10:21:03.623521 2023-10-04T09:22:49.613467 text/html text/html 223476 2021-01-02T05:15:26 text/html 4328257 2024-10-04T10:21:11.906477 application/epub+zip 4332176 2024-10-04T10:21:06.734517 application/epub+zip 145956 2024-10-04T10:21:04.550544 application/epub+zip 4474009 2024-10-04T10:21:15.034458 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4452338 2024-10-04T10:21:10.132478 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 244245 2022-09-05T03:45:50.743401 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 185095 184921 2024-10-04T10:21:02.642516 2023-10-04T09:22:48.676478 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 184739 2021-01-02T05:15:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 66313 2021-01-02T05:15:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 184729 2021-01-02T05:15:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 66295 2021-01-02T05:15:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21614 2024-10-04T10:21:15.164430 application/rdf+xml 13546 2024-10-04T10:21:05.099487 image/jpeg 3530 2024-10-04T10:21:04.822512 image/jpeg 13054935 2021-01-02T05:15:26 application/octet-stream application/zip 11055576 2024-10-04T10:21:03.754502 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