Ardath
Author: first_name: Marie
last_name: Corelli
Language: English
Year: 1889

Victorian-era writer Marie Corelli’s epic work Ardath, The Story of a Dead Self, is filled with supernatural and gothic themes.  We meet Theos Alwyn, an atheist poet who is lost and disconsolate with life.  He begins his journey by seeking out a monastery in the Caucasus mountains; his spiritual quest then takes him to the mythical field of Ardath, which becomes a door into a dream of another version of his self that transcends space and time.   - Summary by Lisa Statler