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An old friend of Dr. Warthrop's comes asking him for help to track down Warthrop's colleague, the sociopathic Dr. John Kearns. At first, Warthrop is reluctant--but soon, evidence suggests that Kearns may be in possession of information leading to a creature widely regarded as the “Holy Grail... read more
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Characters edit
- William James Henry: Dr. Pellinore Warthrops apprentice in monstrumology.
- Pellinore Warthrop: The monstrumologist who takes in Will Henry upon his parents' deaths. Born 1853, the only child to Alistair and Margaret Warthrop.
- Dr. John Kearns: Dr. Warthrop's colleague and nemesis in many things.
- Von Helrung: A monstrumologist who works closely with Dr. Warthrop.
- Lillian Bates: Von Helrung's grand-daughter who bothers Will Henry
- Emily Bates: Vol Helrung's daughter who takes in Will Henry.
- Thomas Arkwright: New monstrumologist apprentice of Von Helrung
- Dr Ainesworth: Curator of the Monstrumarium
- Wymond Kendall: The delivery boy of sorts that sparks Dr. Warthrop's current obsession.
- Will Henry: Add a description of this character.
- Rurick
- Monsieur Rimbaud
- Fadil
- Meister Abram
- Dr. Walker
- Conan Doyle
- Awaale
- Dagmar
- Adolphus
- Sidorov
- Russell
- Jack Kearns
- Jacob
- Veronica
- Socotra
- Harrington Lane
- Hiram
- Bartolomeo
- Adam
- Holmes
- Dr. Torrance
Quotes edit
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“I am a natural scientist. We are accustomed to dealing with shit.”
Pellinore Warthrop -
“The old SHOULD speak plainly; it is their prerogative.”
Pellinore Warthrop -
“It is a pity, William James Henry," she said, "that you are altogether too young, too timid, and too SHORT, or I might consider you attractive.”
Lillian Bates -
“It is...unacceptable. Intolerable. i will not tolerate it, do you understand? You are fobidden to die. You did not will your parents' death;you did not ask to come here--it is not your debt; you should not have to pay. I will not suffer you to die....Your father died because of me, and i cannot afford your death too. The debt will crush me. If you go down, Will Henry, you will drage me down with you....Please do not leave me, Willy Henry. I would not survive it....I do not pretend to understand how or even *why*--but you pull me back from the precipice. You are the one....You are the one thing that keeps me human. (pages 88-89)”
Pellinore Warthrop -
“There are those who labor in darkness that the rest of us might live in the light. (page 114)”
Will Henry -
“We are hunters all. We are, for lack of a better word, monstrumologists. Our prey varies depending on our age, sex, interests, energy. Some hunt the simplest or silliest of things--the latest electronic device or the next promotion or the best-looking boy or girl in school. Others hunt fame, power, wealth. Some nobler souls chase the divine or knowledge or the betterment of humankind. (page 172)”
Will Henry -
“I will never leave you again, Will Henry. I will never abandon you. As long as I live, I will watch over you. As you brought me out of the darkness, I will keep the darkness from you. And if the tide should overwhelm me, I will raise you upon my shoulders; I will not suffer you to drown. (page 530)”
Pellinore Warthrop -
“A healthy sense of the ironic is the best way to remain sane in a world that often isn't. I highly recommend it. (page 531)”
Pellinore Warthrop -
“The world is large and it is easy to forget how very small we are. (page 534)”
Will Henry -
“Fire destroys, but it also purifies. (page 538)”
Will Henry
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That does not mean we should succumb like you to the seductive fallacy of despair, the dark tide that would drown us. You may think I’m stupid, you may call me a madman and a fool, but at least I stand upright in a fallen world. At least I have yet, like you, to fall off the edge into the abyss.
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Oh, stop it. Self-pity is like self-abuse—it may feel good in the moment, but the final result is a disgusting mess.
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“I like to refrain from burdening myself with questions that cannot be answered,
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Show me a man who cannot control his appetites, and I will show a man living under a death sentence.”
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the cruelest aspect of love is its inviolable integrity. We do not choose to love—or I should say, we cannot choose not to love.
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First Sentence edit
Everyone has someone.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue
September 2010: "Contact"
Folio VII - Objet Trouve
One - A very dangerous poison
Two - I have all that I need
Three - The answer to a prayer unspoken
Four - It is human to turn round
Five - The singular cure
Six - An interesting phenomenon
Seven - Would you live?
Eight - The one thing that keeps me human
Nine - The final disposition
Ten - I am the one
Eleven - What do you know of my business?
Twelve - The most terrifying monster of all
Folio VIII - Exile
Thirteen - The space between us
Fourteen - The thing that cannot be seen
Fifteen - What you see, my God sees
Sixteen - Be still and listen
Seventeen - Too late
Eighteen - The best of us
Nineteen - Little good can come of this
Twenty - I choose to serve the light
Twenty-one - A pleasure to meet you
Twenty-two - I would gladly die
Twenty-three - My name is Pellinore Xavier Warthrop
Twenty-four - The blindest of faiths
Twenty-five - Dvipa Sukhadhara
Twenty-six - It is part and parcel of the business
Twenty-seven - An interesting dilemma
Twenty-eight - The trouble with Venice
Twenty-nine - Before you were, I was
Thirty - I will come for you
Thirty-one - Have you been abandoned?
Thirty-two - Give it to Will Henry
Folio X
Thirty-three - Our only hope for success
Thirty-four - The best stories are better left untold
Thirty-five - The fury of a merciful God
Thirty-six - Is it not wondrous?
Thirty-seven - We are not too late
Thirty-eight - The faithful scrivener of his handiwork
Thirty-nine - What does it look like?
Forty - I stand upright
Forty-one - The angel of death
Forty-two - Fundamentally human
Forty-three - Lessons of the unintended kind
Forty-four - A fallen star
Epilogue
Glossary edit
- Tipota: Greek for "nothing"
- Pyrite: "Fool's gold"
- Nidus ex magnigicum: The nest of human remains fashioned by the Typhoeus magnificum. The object iis held together by the posionous spit of the monster.
- Typhoeus magnificum: The Unseen One
- Nasu: Unclean
Themes & Symbolism edit
- The lady or the tiger: Describe this theme.
- das Ungeheuer: The you/not you part of yourself; the thing unwiding within you that whispers "I AM."
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 3 in The Monstrumologist. (standard series)
Preceded by The Curse of the Wendigo.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Richard Yancey (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 13, 2011
ISBN: 978-1416984528
Page Count: 560
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 13, 2011
ISBN: 978-1416984528
Page Count: 560
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: Young AdultsThis book includes some graphic and gory scenes and intense violent situations.
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