In Search of the Unknown

Name: In Search of the Unknown
Author: Robert William Chambers
ISBN: 9781910150719

Author: Robert William Chambers
Series: World Classics
Language: English
Length: 210 pages
ISBN: 9781910150719
Published: 15 February 2014
Imprint: Sovereign

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Description

Our narrator is hired by the New York Zoological Society to assist a professor who is in charge of their gardens and exhibits. He embarks on his search for a Great Auk, a species that was extinct for fifty or so years.

Author

Robert William Chambers (1865–1933) was an American writer celebrated for his vivid blend of fantasy, romance, and early weird fiction. Trained as an artist in Paris, he shifted to literature and achieved lasting fame with The King in Yellow. Over his prolific career, Chambers produced novels, stories, and historical romances, influencing generations of fantasy and horror authors.

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