The Realm of the Unreal
Author: Ambrose Bierce
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Languages: English, RU, German
Genre: Fiction, Horror, Literary, Mystery
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In a dark ravine near Auburn, Manrich takes up Dr. Dorrimore, the Calcutta conjurer who once showed him a corpse with his own face on a moonlit sidewalk.
Characters
- Manrich — Narrator: A San Francisco man driving up from Newcastle, sceptical of Hindu jugglers and uneasy in Dorrimore's company.
- Dr. Dorrimore — Conjurer from Calcutta: A swarthy, black-bearded physician with the soulless eyes of a cobra and disagreeably engaging manners.
- Margaret Corray — The narrator's fiancée: A young woman from Oakland who is engaged to be married to Manrich.
- Mrs. Corray — Margaret's mother: An Oakland lady who takes an evident liking to Dorrimore's cultivated manners.
- The clerk — Hotel clerk: The desk clerk of the Putnam House in Auburn, who explains Dorrimore's absence as a slight illness.