
Whirlaway: A Story of the Ages
A Victorian Scientific Romance of Time, Civilization, Empire, and the Moral Patterns of Human HistoryBy H. C. F. MorantLength4h 45m
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Whirlaway: A Story of the Ages presents itself as an expansive imaginative narrative in which the individual story is set against the pressure of historical time and the persistence of human experience. Its title signals both movement and temporal breadth: "whirlaway" suggests a restless passage through changing worlds, while "the ages" invites reflection on recurrence, continuity, and transformation. Morant's conception belongs to the tradition of the historical romance and the philosophical adventure tale, genres that use heightened incident and panoramic setting to explore moral and social questions. The book's appeal therefore lies not only in its narrative momentum but also in its attempt to make private experience illuminate the larger patterns of civilization. H. C. F. Morant remains a comparatively elusive figure, and the scarcity of dependable biographical information encourages attention to the work itself rather than to an established authorial reputation. That very obscurity makes the book's broad imaginative ambition notable. Morant writes from a literary culture fascinated by inherited history, spiritual development, and the possibility that fiction might connect the present with remote human beginnings. The result reflects an author interested in narrative as a vehicle for synthesis: entertainment, historical meditation, and ethical speculation coexist within the same design. Readers drawn to ambitious period fiction, philosophical romance, and narratives that enlarge personal adventure into a meditation on humanity will find Whirlaway rewarding. It is especially suited to those who value literary works that move beyond straightforward realism to consider how individuals are shaped by time, memory, and collective experience. Morant's book deserves renewed attention as an intriguing example of imaginative historical storytelling.
Audiobook details
GenreScience Fiction, Fantasy
Length4 hrs 45 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 10, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1INTRODUCTION
2CHAPTER I. LYELL LODGE
3CHAPTER II. IN THE CAMBRIAN PERIOD
4CHAPTER III. IN THE ORDOVICIAN PERIOD
5CHAPTER IV. IN THE SILURIAN PERIOD
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6CHAPTER V. IN THE DEVONIAN PERIOD
7CHAPTER VI. IN THE CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD
8CHAPTER VII. IN THE PERMIAN PERIOD
9CHAPTER VIII. IN THE TRIASSIC PERIOD
10CHAPTER IX. IN THE JURASSIC PERIOD
11CHAPTER X. IN THE CRETACEOUS PERIOD
12CHAPTER XI. IN THE EOCENE PERIOD
13CHAPTER XII. IN THE OLIGOCENE PERIOD
14CHAPTER XIII. IN THE MIOCENE PERIOD
15CHAPTER XIV. IN THE PLIOCENE PERIOD
16CHAPTER XV. IN THE PLEISTOCENE PERIOD
17XVI. NOTES AND SUGGESTIONS
18THE END