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The Tragedy that Was King Lear: A Man Driven to Madness, Desolation and Despair by Filial Ingratitude


King Lear From Tales from Shakespeare, by Charles and Mary Lamb,Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1909 Source:  https://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/cml/tfskinglear.html LEAR, King of Britain, had three daughters; Goneril, wife to the duke of Albany; Regan, wife to the duke of Cornwall; and Cordelia, a young maid, for whose love the king of France and duke of Burgundy were joint suitors, …

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Everybody’s Talking


  Everybody’s Talkin’ Harry Nilsson   Everybody's talking at me I don't hear a word they're saying Only the echoes of my mind     People stopping, staring I can't see their faces Only the shadows of their eyes     I'm going where the sun keeps shining Through the pouring rain Going where the …

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A Dark-Adapted Eye


  “A Dark-Adapted Eye” (1986) is a psychological thriller novel by Ruth Rendell, written under the nom-de-plume Barbara Vine. The novel won the American Edgar Award.   Plot Summary: Largely set during World War II, the story is told by Faith Severn, who at the prompting of a true-crime writer recounts her memories of her …

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The Story of Zohak – The Serpent-King of Ancient Persia


    “In the very beginning of things, Ormuzd (Ahura Mazda) who is Goodness and Light, created the world and all that is good and beautiful in the universe. But for everything to which Ormuzd gave being, Ahriman, who is Darkness and Evil, created an opposite. Against love, he set hatred; against joy, sorrow; to …

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