The Return
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By Walter de la Mare 10 Feb, 2020
" ... A gripping and poignant novel of psychic possession. The story begins when Arthur Lawford awakes from sleeping on the tomb of an eighteenth-century pirate, Nicholas Sabathier, to find that his face has become entirely different. Indeed, it bear ... Read more
" ... A gripping and poignant novel of psychic possession. The story begins when Arthur Lawford awakes from sleeping on the tomb of an eighteenth-century pirate, Nicholas Sabathier, to find that his face has become entirely different. Indeed, it bears an uncanny resemblance to a woodcut portrait of Sabathier in an old French book. At first, Lawford feels exactly himself; but a little later he senses "that other feebly struggling personality ... beginning to insinuate itself into his consciousness." Is it possible for the spirit of a dead person, in its implacable will, to continue its existence, to seize upon the living?" Less
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  • English
  • 9780486296883
Walter John de la Mare OM CH (25 April 1873 – 22 June 1956) was an English poet, short story writer, and novelist. He is probably best remembered for his works for children, for his poem "The Listen...
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