Unknown 1 hr 25 min read

A dreamlike Hindu wonder-tale of love, rebirth, and destiny, translated as an ancient Sanskrit manuscript, a lotus fallen from heaven, told in ornate, incantatory prose.

F. W. Bain's 1903 book is a lush fantasy in the guise of a translated Hindu romance. Ornate, mystical, beautiful. Read it for an exquisite, poetic tale in the Indian mythic mode, one of Bain's celebrated 'Digit of the Moon' series, presented as translated Sanskrit, weaving love, fate, and reincarnation into a jewel-like waking dream.

In its time

Published in 1903, during the 1900s, the scientific romance.

Reading it

1 hr 25 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).