A complete issue · 367 pages · 1863
The Shadow of Ashlydyat, Vol. 1
A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1863 — all 367 pages of painted-cover fiction magazines that launched science fiction, horror, and hardboiled crime, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.
A complete issue · 367 pages · 1863
The Shadow of Ashlydyat, a three-volume novel by Mrs. Henry Wood (1863, Tauchnitz edition), opens with the first meet of the P.A. hounds in the English town of Prior's Ash on a bright autumn day. Sir George Godolphin, an elderly knight recovering from a six-month illness, attends the gathering on horseback despite his weakness. He encounters Colonel Max, his son Thomas (who does not hunt), and his spirited unmarried daughter Bessy, who has walked to the meet against convention. Sir George searches for his wife Lady Godolphin's carriage amid the crowd of fashionable participants. The narrative establishes a country gentry setting focused on social customs and family dynamics, with hints of underlying tensions and the mysterious "shadow" referenced in the title.
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