Rondah; or, thirty-three years in a starDieudonné, Florence Carpenter
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Rondah; or, thirty-three years in a star
Dieudonné, Florence Carpenter
Life on other planets -- Fiction; Outer space -- Exploration -- Fiction; Science fiction
=Nana’s Daughter.= A Continuation of and Sequel to Emile Zola’s Great
Realistic Novel of “_Nana_.” Price 75 cents in paper cover, or $1.00 in
Cloth, Black and Gold.
☞ _Petersons’ American Translations of Emile Zola’s works are for sale
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one book, or more of them, will be sent to any one, to any place, at
once, post-paid, on remitting the price of the ones wanted in a letter
to the Publishers._
T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS, Philadelphia, Pa.
A BOOK TO DAZZLE, FASCINATE AND DELIGHT ALL READERS.
RONDAH
OR,
Thirty-three Years in a Star.
BY FLORENCE CARPENTER DIEUDONNÉ.
_“Rondah; or, Thirty-three Years in a Star,” a peculiarly fascinating
and absorbing novel by Florence Carpenter Dieudonné, is written in the
fruitful vein of fancy and mystery opened by H. Rider Haggard in “She”
and “King Solomon’s Mines,” but in many points surpasses those weird and
popular romances. It is exceedingly clever and brilliant. The plot is
ingenuity itself, and the incidents are strange and inexplicable enough
to satisfy the strongest craving for the marvellous. In fact, the entire
book is but a progression from one marvel to another, each succeeding
episode distancing its predecessors in the element of wonder until the
climax is reached in the disclosure of the mysteries and dazzling
magnificence of that truly astounding spot, the Sun Island. Gregg
Dempster, a visionary hermit, has discovered a little star, an uncooled
planet yet in process of formation, and a mysterious method of reaching
it. His friend Regan gains possession of his secret and the hermit dies.
Regan, Roy Lee, Isabella, Rondah and Father Renaudin, a venerable
priest, are in Dempster’s hut during a storm while the hermit’s corpse
is yet lying there. Regan watches for the critical moment. It comes. He
puts Rondah out of doors and the four remaining personages are whirled
away to the star, where they meet with numerous wonderful adventures and
experiences. Rondah is subsequently conveyed to the star and
participates in many intensely weird and dramatic scenes. To the
supernatural phases of the novel the author has added mortal love, hate,
jealousy and enthusiasm, employing them with rare art and effect. The
star’s luxuriant summer with its wealth of vegetation and its icy winter
of twenty years are graphically pictured. The natives are mostly bird
people, winged and of vegetable growth, and over them Regan reigns as
king. “Rondah” is crisply and vigorously written, and its special charm
is the realistic way in which its wonders are depicted, an air of
probability being maintained throughout all its marvellous incidents.
That everybody will read and vastly relish it goes without saying._
One Volume, Duodecimo. Paper Cover. Price Fifty Cents.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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