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The Jewel of Seven Stars

The Jewel of Seven Stars
Bram Stoker

The Jewel of Seven Stars is a horror novel by Irish writer Bram Stoker, first published by Heinemann in 1903. The story is a first-person narrative of a young man pulled into an archaeologist's plot to revive Queen Tera, an ancient Egyptian mummy. It explores common fin de siècle themes such as imperialism, the rise of the New Woman and feminism, and societal progress.

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“We learn of great things by little experiences.”

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“Love is, after all, a selfish thing; and it throws a black shadow on anything between which and the light it stands.”

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“Do not grieve for her! Who knows, but she may have found the joy she sought? Love and patience are all that make for happiness in this world; or in the world of the past or of the future; of the living or the dead. She dreamed her dream; and that is all that any of us can ask.”

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The Jewel of Seven Stars, Chapter XIX: The Great Experiment (1903)

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