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The Absolute at Large

Karel Čapek, translated by Šárka B. Hrbková

Novelsabout 5 h 45 min of listening

An inventor builds an atomic engine which converts matter into energy, but has the unfortunate side-effect of liberating divinity into the world.

Contents

  1. Imprint
  2. I: The Advertisement
  3. II: The Karburator
  4. III: Pantheism
  5. IV: God in the Cellar
  6. V: Bishop Linda
  7. VI: The Board-Meeting
  8. VII: Developments
  9. VIII: The Dredge
  10. IX: The Ceremony
  11. X: Saint Ellen
  12. XI: The First Blow Struck
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  1. XII: Doctor Blahous
  2. XIII: The Chronicler’s Apology
  3. XIV: The Land of Plenty
  4. XV: Disaster
  5. XVI: In the Mountains
  6. XVII: The Hammer and Star
  7. XVIII: In the Night Editor’s Room
  8. XIX: The Process of Canonization
  9. XX: St. Kilda
  10. XXI: The Telegram
  11. XXII: The Old Patriot
  12. XXIII: The Augsburg Imbroglio
  13. XXIV: The Napoleon of the Mountain Brigade
  14. XXV: The So-Called Greatest War
  15. XXVI: The Battle of Hradec Králové
  16. XXVII: A Coral Island in the Pacific
  17. XXVIII: At Seven Cottages
  18. XXIX: The Last Battle
  19. XXX: The End of Everything
  20. Endnotes
  21. Colophon
  22. Uncopyright

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