The Quick or the Dead? A Study

''The Quick or the Dead? A Study'' by Amelie Rives is a thought-provoking examination of the concept of death and the afterlife. The book delves into various philosophical and religious beliefs surrounding death, including the ideas of reincarnation and eternal life. Rives explores the ways in which different cultures and religions approach death and the rituals and traditions associated with it. The author also reflects on her own personal experiences with death and how it has shaped her understanding of the subject. Through her insightful analysis, Rives challenges readers to consider their own beliefs and attitudes towards death and the afterlife. Overall, ''The Quick or the Dead? A Study'' is a fascinating and enlightening exploration of one of life’s most profound mysteries.1888. Poet and writer Amelie Rives (pseudonym of Princess Amelie (Rives) Chanler Troubetzkoy) became an immediate literary sensation when she published the passionate, melodramatic novel, The Quick or the Dead? The book begins: There was a soughing rain asweep that night, with no wind to drive it, yet it ceased and fell, sighed and was hushed incessantly, as by some changing gale. Barbara was a good deal unnerved by the lanternless drive from the station. The shelving road, seamed with abrupt gullies, lay through murk fields and stony hollows, that she well remembered; in the glimpsing lightning she saw scurrying trees against the suave autumn sky, like etchings on bluish paper; the dry, white-brown grasses swirled about the horses’ feet in that windless rain; and after what thunderous fashion those horses pounded stableward! They hurled through narrow gateways like stones from a catapult, rushed past ragged trees whose boles seemed leaping to meet them, spun over large stones as through they had been mere fallen leaves.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.