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A collection of twelve short stories and two novelettes from the Victorian and Edwardian eras, organized around the theme of the female hypnotist. The book also contains an extensive annotated bibliography of 19th and early 20th century novels, dimes novels, and short stories having female hypnotists/mesmerists as characters. (2025)
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[1]: 616 Fantasy writers use a variety of techniques to limit the magic in their stories, [5] such as limiting the number of spells a character has or may cast before needing rest, [5] restricting a character's magic to the use of a specific object, [5] limiting magic to the use of certain rare materials, [6] or restricting the magic a ...
The film begins in the celestial realms, with three superhuman entities – gods, or perhaps angels – regarding the planet Earth. Despairing of these "animals" that one of them continues to care about, the other two dare him to conduct an experiment to see if such lesser creatures can handle the kind of power over reality that might let them deserve to reach the stars.
Mind control, or brainwashing, has proven a popular subject in fiction, featuring in books and films such as The Manchurian Candidate (1959; film adaptations 1962 and 2004) and The IPCRESS File (1962; film 1965), both stories advancing the premise that controllers could hypnotize a person into murdering on command while retaining no memory of the killing.
These are lists of works of fiction that have been made into feature films. The title of the work and the year it was published are both followed by the work’s author and the title of the film, and the year of the film. If a film has an alternate title based on geographical distribution, the title listed will be that of the widest ...
This is a list of nonfiction works that have been made into feature films. The title of the work is followed by the work's author, the title of the film, and the year of the film. The title of the work is followed by the work's author, the title of the film, and the year of the film.
Novels and short stories Polish folklore legend Pan Twardowski and the devil by Michał Elwiro Andriolli. Auriol: or, The Elixir of Life by William Harrison Ainsworth; Bearskin, fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, in which a man gains a fortune and a bride by entering into a pact with the devil. [2] The Bet, by Anton Chekhov [3]