"The Isles of Sunset" by Arthur Christopher Benson is a story about David, a man who decides to live alone on a faraway island after experiencing a difficult childhood and the death of his family. Looking for peace and a closer relationship with God, David goes on a spiritual quest, thinking about faith, being alone, and what it means to be human, beginning his new existence on this wild, untouched landscape, contemplating his past hardships and dreaming of a divine purpose as he seeks a profound spiritual understanding and grapples with the world's pain from his isolated refuge.
The Isles of Sunset
By Arthur Christopher Benson
A troubled man flees to a solitary island, hoping to find God and understand his place in a world filled with suffering.
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About the AuthorArthur Christopher Benson, was an English essayist, poet and academic, and the 28th Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. He wrote the lyrics of Edward Elgar's Coronation Ode, including the words of the patriotic song "Land of Hope and Glory" (1902). His literary criticism, poems, and volumes of essays were highly regarded. He was also noted as an author of ghost stories.
Arthur Christopher Benson, was an English essayist, poet and academic, and the 28th Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. He wrote the lyrics of Edward Elgar's Coronation Ode, including the words of the patriotic song "Land of Hope and Glory" (1902). His literary criticism, poems, and volumes of essays were highly regarded. He was also noted as an author of ghost stories.
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