My Dark Companions

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Excerpt from My Dark Companions: And Their Strange StoriesOur circle was free to all, and was frequently well attended, for when it was seen that the more accomplished narrators were suitably rewarded, and that there was a great deal of amusement to be derived, few could resist the temptation to approach and listen, unless fatigue or illness prevented them.Many of the stories related were naturally of little value, having neither novelty nor originality and in many cases, especially where the Zanzi baris were the narrators, the stories were mere importations from Asia, while others, again, were mere masks of low inclinations. I therefore had often to sit out a lengthy tale which had not a Single point in it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.