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The story describes a surreal dreamscape. The narrator wanders through his garden one night and in the moonlight sees strange and bizarre things.
In this work, a mysterious man who has been living alone in a castle for as long as he can remember decides to break free in search of human contact.
Through the bottom of this valley runs the great, slimy red river called Than, interspersed in the ruins are large trees that are home to little apes, these crumbling blocks of monolithic stone now serve only for grey toads and snakes to nest under, this story takes place in the ancient valley of Ni
In a strange part of the city he had never seen before, on a street named Rue d Auseil, he finds an apartment in an almost empty building, a university student is forced, by his lack of funds, to take the only lodging he can afford, the old man is mute and plays the viol with a local orchestra, he l
Eventually, inspired by reading Plutarch s Lives, Dudley decides to patiently wait until it is his time to gain entrance to the tomb, dispirited, he takes to sleeping beside the tomb, the Tomb tells of Jervas Dudley, a self-confessed day-dreamer, the entrance to the mausoleum is padlocked and slight
