Listen "H. G. Wells - "The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham" - 1896"
Episode Synopsis
🎧 H.G. Wells - "The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham" (1896) 🕰️🕯️A dark tale of identity, deception, and a chilling exchange of lives! 🌌✨ Edward Eden, a young and impoverished student, is offered the chance of a lifetime by the wealthy and enigmatic Mr. Elvesham: to inherit his fortune in exchange for becoming his heir. 💼💰 But when Eden wakes up the next morning, he discovers the horrifying truth—his body has been swapped with that of the old man. 🪞👴Trapped in a withering body, Eden realizes he has been betrayed into a living nightmare. Haunted by the loss of his youth and powerless to reverse the sinister exchange, he spirals toward a tragic end. 🌒⚰️H.G. Wells masterfully weaves themes of greed, mortality, and the fragility of self into this gripping Gothic narrative. Both thought-provoking and deeply unsettling, it asks: What would you sacrifice for wealth, and how far would someone go to escape death? 💭⏳A chilling exploration of ambition and the price of another man’s life. 🕯️🖤
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