The Lifted Veil ; : and, Brother Jacob
(2011)
Fiction
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PUBLISHED
[United States]: Neeland Media LLC, 2011
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1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781596746947 (electronic bk.) MWT11932588, 1596746947 (electronic bk.) 11932588
LANGUAGE
English
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When "Brother Jacob" was completed in 1864, it was published together with "The Lifted Veil" (1859) as a companion piece. "The Lifted Veil" is a dark fantasy about a young artist with clairvoyant abilities, and explores the science of the brain, mesmerism, phrenology, as well as themes of fate, and the mysteries of life and life after death. "Brother Jacob," a satirical modern fable, tells the story of a spiteful young man who is unsatisfied with his station in life. He struggles with an idiot brother, and a literal and symbolic conflict with sugar
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