Coralia; A Plaint of Futurity

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1876
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While the novel focuses on an unhappy immortal who attempts to find solace in life, Coralia is called "the land of happiness" (11), and, while it is beneath the sea, it is a sort of heaven. "Here life was not as what we know it, but a serene existence without insignificant and unworthy objects such as those of earth" (49). The novel ends with the unhappy immortal united with God.

Published Date

1876

Publisher
Samuel Tinsley
Place Published
London
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1876 [Davis, Ellis James] (1850-1905). Coralia; A Plaint of Futurity. By the Author of “Pyrna, A Commune; or, Under the Ice” [pseud.]. London: Samuel Tinsley. L

While the novel focuses on an unhappy immortal who attempts to find solace in life, Coralia is called “the land of happiness” (11), and, while it is beneath the sea, it is a sort of heaven. “Here life was not as what we know it, but a serene existence without insignificant and unworthy objects such as those of earth” (49). The novel ends with the unhappy immortal united with God. The author was a barrister.

Pseudonym

The Author of "Pyrna, A Commune; or, Under the Ice" [pseud.]

Author Note

The author (1850-1905) was a barrister.

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