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The Parasite (1901)

by Arthur Conan Doyle(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0809594374 (ISBN13: 9780809594375)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Wildside Press

review 1: I have always enjoyed A. C. Doyle, especially his creation of Sherlock Holmes as well as others. When I saw “The Parasite” on Amazon and it was a “free e-book,” I download it. Although not Holmes or other writings I was familiar with, I enjoyed it, although I had a hard time getting into it at first. Later in his life, Doyle did become fascinated with spiritualism and the paranormal, even befriending Houdini in his later years. The two of them became good friends, despite their opposing views on the supernatural. Houdini was delighted to learn that there was at least one intelligent person who believed in Spiritualism, and he found that man in his friend Conan Doyle.“The Parasite” is a short story and nice quick read. The protagonist is Austin Gilroy, a phy... moresiologist, who is a realist and believes that the paranormal is nonsense. That is until he meets a mysterious woman who mesmerizes people; he is not only hypnotized by this woman, but he slowly becomes completely obsessed with her. Gilroy says: “This woman, by her own explanation, can dominate my nervous organism. She can project herself into my body and take command of it. She has a parasite soul; yes, she is a parasite, a monstrous parasite. She creeps into my frame as the hermit crab does into the whelk's shell. I am powerless! What can I do?” If you like Doyle in general, then you may like this book. The price was right for my Kindle!
review 2: I was going through my Kindle books and when I read some of the reviews for this story, I just had to start reading. I couldn't stop until I reached the end; it was that compelling. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle really was a skillful writer. My favorite part of The Parasite was the conclusion: so sudden, so suspenseful, and so satisfying! If the tale of a decidedly scientifically-minded professor being posessed and made to act beyond his own will sounds interesting, you'll love this story! less

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