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The Damnation of Theron Ware

Gelesen von Greg W.

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The Damnation of Theron Ware (published in England as Illumination) is an 1896 novel by American author Harold Frederic. It is widely considered a classic of American realism. The novel reveals a great deal about turn-of-the-century provincial America, religious life, and the depressed state of intellectual and artistic culture in small towns.

The novel centers on the life of a Methodist pastor named Theron Ware who has recently moved to a fictional small town in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York, which Frederic modeled after Utica, New York. A promising young pastor recently married, Theron has a number of experiences that cause him to begin to question the Methodist religion, his role as a priest and even the very existence of God. His moral decline (or illumination) is heightened through his dealings with Father Forbes, the town's Catholic priest; Dr. Ledsmar, a local atheist, philosopher, and man of science; and Celia, a local Irish Catholic girl, a species of aesthete, with whom Theron becomes hopelessly infatuated. (Introduction by Wikipedia) (0 hr 43 min)

Chapters

01 - Chapter 1

21:41

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02 - Chapter 2

27:41

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03 - Chapter 3

23:04

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04 - Chapter 4

20:44

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05 - Chapter 5

19:36

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06 - Chapter 6

23:17

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07 - Chapter 7

21:24

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08 - Chapter 8

20:20

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09 - Chapter 9

25:32

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10 - Chapter 10

23:34

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11 - Chapter 11

22:08

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12 - Chapter 12

18:14

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13 - Chapter 13

24:23

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14 - Chapter 14

26:32

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15 - Chapter 15

24:16

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16 - Chapter 16

24:34

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17 - Chapter 17

24:23

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18 - Chapter 18

21:57

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19 - Chapter 19

31:20

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20 - Chapter 20

23:33

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21 - Chapter 21

30:34

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22 - Chapter 22

24:55

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23 - Chapter 23

23:05

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24 - Chapter 24

28:41

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25 - Chapter 25

29:42

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26 - Chapter 26

19:59

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27 - Chapter 27

12:56

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28 - Chapter 28

27:24

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29 - Chapter 29

25:25

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30 - Chapter 30

30:20

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31 - Chapter 31

28:16

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32 - Chapter 32

13:41

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