by Conan Doyle · Cluster: Spiritualism · Faith and Doubt · The Afterlife

Abstract

Doyle assembles correspondence and expert testimony defending the authenticity of the Cottingley fairy photographs taken by two Yorkshire girls, arguing they offer photographic proof of a hidden spirit world and situating the case within Theosophist and Spiritualist belief.

Capitoli / Chapters

Readability (prose)-39.6 Flesch ease39.8 FK grade40 Fog15% complex84.7 words/sent

Connections

Forms & Genres: Essay, Nonfiction Themes & Concepts: Spiritualism, Faith and Doubt, Wonder, Deception Motifs: Supernatural, Uncanny, Nature Settings: Rural England Characters: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Archetypes: Innocent