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Under the Sunset

Bram Stoker, Golden Deer Classics

Publisher: Oregan Publishing

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Summary

Far, far away, there is a beautiful Country which no human eye has ever seen in waking hours. Under the Sunset it lies, where the distant horizon bounds the day, and where the clouds, splendid with light and color, give a promise of the glory and beauty that encompass it. Sometimes it is given to us to see it in dreams. This Country is the Land Under the Sunset. This is the story of that Country, and what happened when evil came to abide there. It is a story all of us must hear.

Available since: 02/15/2018.

Print length: 150 pages.

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