The Princess And The Jewel Doctor / 1905
A Russian princess, tormented by a family tendency toward blindness, seeks relief in Tunis and becomes fixated on a mysterious local healer who claims that certain jewels can cure ailments and preserve sight. The narrative follows her nervous obsession with light and dark, her excursions through crowded bazaars with a talkative guide, and her first meeting with the jewel doctor whose strange gaze and occult practice lead him to become her constant attendant; it also recounts the accident that cost her a finger and the motives behind her repeated returns to Tunis.
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A Russian princess, tormented by a family tendency toward blindness, seeks relief in Tunis and becomes fixated on a mysterious local healer who claims that certain jewels can cure ailments and preserve sight. The narrative follows her nervous obsession with light and dark, her excursions through crowded bazaars with a talkative guide, and her first meeting with the jewel doctor whose strange gaze and occult practice lead him to become her constant attendant; it also recounts the accident that cost her a finger and the motives behind her repeated returns to Tunis.
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