Sheppard Lee, Volume 1

Sheppard Lee, Volume 1

Sheppard Lee, Volume 1

Robert Montgomery Bird

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Editorial:
Kessinger Publishing
Año de edición:
2004
Materia
Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9781419147050
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Sheppard Lee V1 is a novel written by Robert Montgomery Bird. The book follows the story of a man named Sheppard Lee, who is a lazy and selfish person. One day, he falls asleep and wakes up in the body of a different man. He realizes that he can take over the bodies of other people and live their lives. Sheppard Lee goes on a journey through different bodies, experiencing different lives and personalities. However, he soon discovers that this power comes with consequences, as he struggles to find his true identity and purpose in life. The novel explores themes of identity, morality, and the consequences of one’s actions.Thus, in a few years, there remained but two of all the eleven children,--to wit, my oldest sister Prudence and myself. My mother (from whom I had my Christian name Sheppard, that being her maiden name) died several years before this last catastrophe, her mind having been affected, and indeed distracted, by so many mournful losses occurring in such rapid succession. She fell into a deep melancholy, and died insane.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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