The Mystery of Evelin Delorme: A Hypnotic Story

"The Mystery of Evelin Delorme: A Hypnotic Story" by Albert Bigelow Paine is a late 19th-century novel that spins a hypnotic story of identity, concentrating on human nature's split through Evelin Delorme, who changes under hypnosis, causing a clash between her two selves. The novel brings out the captivation with memory, personality, and the mental effects of the past. Julian Paul Goetze, an artist, falls for two women: the pure Eva Delorme and the tempting Evelin March. Evelin gains a double identity through hypnosis, tying her destiny to Eva's. The plot builds up Goetze’s emotional unrest, which causes a tragic end that uncovers a shocking truth about the women and shows the themes of love, betrayal, and the complex nature of identity. The hypnotic parts question the edges of reality, weaving the lives of its characters in a haunting story.