The Mysterious Dr. Oliver by John Breckenridge Ellis

But how much more strikingly true it is found, when the life selected is one that leads from the twilight dawn of infancy to the twilight close of life, in one straight line of definite desire and inspiring achievement. This is true of any life, if we could know it in its entirety. Therefore, since, in a measure, our experience and his are in common, his life, inasmuch as it touches us at so many points, should lead us into new fields of interest and instruction, as it goes on its way alone. In hearing of one who really lived, there is with us the feeling that the sunshine which greets our eyes, the rain which dashes against our window, in brief, the joys and sorrows which like flowers and thistles grow everywhere, were all known to that real character in the world's drama. The story of any life, if fully portrayed, should be more interesting than the story of a dream-phantom of fiction. Garcilaso, In the Days of Jehu, King Saul, 'Stork's Wolves, Shem, Adnah, Arkinsaw Cousins, Twin Starrs,' The Soul of a Serf, The Dread and Fear of Kings, 'Holland Produced by David Garcia, Julia Neufeld and the Onlineįile was produced from images generously made availableīy The Kentuckiana Digital Library) THE STORY OF A LIFE *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE STORY OF A LIFE ***

With this eBook or online at Title: The Story of a Life Re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withĪlmost no restrictions whatsoever. He died at his home in New Cordell, Oklahoma on April 2, 1956, and was buried at Greenlawn Cemetery in Plattsburg.The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Story of a Life, by J. His romances were pithy and understated, artfully avoiding the affectations and pretensions of many of his contemporaries. Įllis' writing is of the Stanley Weyman school. Many featured the recurring character Detective 'Keeneyes'. ĭuring the 1900s-1910s, Ellis supplied numerous serials to the Chicago Ledger. He also served as president of the Missouri Writers' Guild. Several of his works were made into motion pictures and stage plays. His novel, Fran, was on the best seller list in America, and made into the 1919 film The Love Hunger. Breckenridge Ellis was a prolific writer, having written 26 works (primarily historical romances) which appeared in book form, besides numerous serials of book length which were published by national magazines. In 1880, his father purchased Plattsburg College and the family moved to Plattsburg, Missouri where the elementary school still bears his name. Ellis was born near Hannibal, Missouri, February 11, 1870, but spent most of his life in Clinton County. John Breckenridge Ellis (1870–1956) was an American writer.

The Mysterious Dr. Oliver by John Breckenridge Ellis