Gordon Casserly
The Elephant God
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The letters, sahib, said the post orderly, blocking up the doorway of the bungalow. Kevin Dermot put down his book as the speaker, a Punjaubi Mohammedan in white undress, slipped off his loose native shoes and entered the room barefoot, as is the custom in India. For this one a receipt is needed, continued the sepoy, holding out a long official nvelope registered and insured and addressed, like all the others, to The Officer Commanding, Ranga Duar, Eastern Bengal. Major Dermot signed the receipt and handed it to the man. As he did so the scream of an elephant in pain came to his ears. What is that? he asked the po…
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The letters, sahib, said the post orderly, blocking up the doorway of the bungalow. Kevin Dermot put down his book as the speaker, a Punjaubi Mohammedan in white undress, slipped off his loose native shoes and entered the room barefoot, as is the custom in India. For this one a receipt is needed, continued the sepoy, holding out a long official nvelope registered and insured and addressed, like all the others, to The Officer Commanding, Ranga Duar, Eastern Bengal. Major Dermot signed the receipt and handed it to the man. As he did so the scream of an elephant in pain came to his ears. What is that? he asked the post orderly. It is the mahout, Chand Khan, beating his hathi (elephant), sahib, replied the sepoy looking out.
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: 1stworld Library (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4218-2029-3
- EAN: 9781421820293
- Produktnummer: 2530339
- Verlag: 1st World Library - Literary Society
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 324 S.
- Masse: H22.2 cm x B14.5 cm x D2.2 cm 580 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag
- Gewicht: 580
Über den Autor
Casserly was born (James Henry) Gordon Casserly in Dublin in 1869. In the Checklist of Fantastic Literature E.F. Bleiler's lists as fantastic The Elephant God (New York: Putnam, 1921) The Jungle Girl (New York: Clode, [1922]) and The Monkey God (London: Allan, 1933). He died in Brighton in 1947.
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