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永遠の生命のあらすじ

著者：マリー・コレリ

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A woman on a millionaire's yacht watches a silent schooner with glowing sails appear from nowhere off Skye.

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初版刊行年: 1911by マリー・コレリ

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永遠の生命 in short

The Life Everlasting follows an unnamed woman who joins a rich skeptic's cruise and meets a man who sails without wind. Santoris tells her they have loved each other through many lives, and at Loch Coruisk she sees scenes that seem to prove it. Torn between trust and doubt, she goes to the House of Aselzion, where the Master puts her through trials of will and faith.

What 永遠の生命 is about

Would you accept a holiday on a millionaire's yacht if you knew a silent ship with glowing sails was about to follow it through the Scottish isles? In a hot summer, an unnamed woman does exactly that. Her host, Morton Harland, has written a bitter attack on religion and has just learned that his illness is fatal.

The Life Everlasting is a romance of the soul by Marie Corelli. She holds that life does not end and that each soul is a lasting, separate being. You get a sea voyage, a strange dream, a stranger who knows too much, and visions of past lives.

対象読者. This book suits readers who love sea voyages, Scottish scenery, ghostly mysteries and love stories that reach across lifetimes. It also welcomes anyone curious about the soul and the will.

The story in 11 parts

Key idea 1 · free to read
A cruise begins among doubters and invalids
A woman who studies the unseen side of life is invited by Morton Harland to join his yachting cruise. He is a millionaire who has written a cold, clever book against faith. His daughter Catherine is the other reason for the invitation.
Harland says he is tired of the destiny he carved out, and doctors have told him his disease cannot be cured. The narrator dislikes him, yet she accepts. On board the Diana, Catherine lives among medicine bottles, and Dr. Brayle watches like a cat watching two mice.
The narrator holds that to grasp the Infinite you must first be sure of the infinite within yourself. Harland answers that man stays as finite as ever.
The cruise begins as a meeting of belief and doubt aboard a gleaming ship.
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A ship without wind and a dream of love
On the first evening a second yacht drops anchor behind the Diana.
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Catherine's wound and the narrator's calm
Catherine asks the narrator to sit with her in her bare cabin full of pills.
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The owner of the schooner steps aboard
At Loch Scavaig on Skye, the Diana anchors under black mountains and a bright moon.
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Aboard the Dream, an aura and two drops
The narrator and Harland sail on the Dream, which skims the sea without a sound.
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At Loch Coruisk, visions of lives long past
Santoris takes the narrator ashore to see the sunset over Loch Coruisk.
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A jewelled collar, a letter and a parting
Back on the Diana, Catherine tells the narrator a dream of two murdered lovers in a painter's studio, with Brayle at her side.
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The House of Aselzion and the Cross and Star
The narrator travels alone to a mountain on the Biscayan coast, where villagers say a monastery stands that no woman enters.
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Love as the union of two halves of one soul
The first great theme is that love makes and holds the universe.
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Will, health and the pull of other people's minds
The second theme is will.
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How the story is told, in voice, symbols and vision
The tale is told by a woman who says she is not the heroine but a messenger.
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Characters, plot and themes

Main characters

The narrator An unnamed woman who studies the unseen side of life and joins a yachting cruise, she longs for lasting love and proof of the soul.
Rafel Santoris A youthful looking scholar and owner of the electric yacht Dream, he seeks the woman he believes he has loved through many ages.
Morton Harland A rich, cynical writer against religion, he is gravely ill and cannot quite stop wondering about the old college friend he fears.
Catherine Harland His nervous, sheltered daughter lives as an invalid after a broken engagement and clings to her doctor and her fears.
Dr. Brayle The family physician is a smooth skeptic who keeps his patients dependent and distrusts the narrator and Santoris.
Aselzion The Master of a hidden brotherhood on the Biscayan coast, he tests the narrator's will before teaching her his secrets.
Captain Derrick The practical captain of the Diana is baffled by a sailing yacht that moves in a calm and wants an honest explanation.
Francesca The narrator's cheerful friend thinks her too fond of abstract thought and expects her to come back to earth.

How it ends (spoiler)

The narrator walks into the blazing hall of fire in the chapel and finds it a bath of cool, colored light. At its far end she sees an angel waiting for her, and she knows she has passed the last trial. She is reunited with Rafel Santoris. The two live together in lasting love, with health, youth and wealth, in a happiness that the world cannot touch. She writes the account to show others the way.

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『永遠の生命』についての質問

What is The Life Everlasting about?

It follows a woman on a yachting cruise off Scotland who meets Rafel Santoris, owner of an electric sailing yacht. He claims they have loved each other across many lives, and she goes to a hidden brotherhood to test the claim.

Who is Rafel Santoris in The Life Everlasting?

Santoris is a former Oxford acquaintance of Morton Harland who looks young for his years. He owns the yacht Dream, studies the laws of the soul, and says life and love cannot end.

What does the Cross and Star mean in the book?

It is the golden symbol of Aselzion's brotherhood, a Cross set on a seven pointed Star. It blazes in the chapel and also appears in the narrator's cabin, and it stands for the light that draws the soul.

Is The Life Everlasting a true story?

No, it is a romance by Marie Corelli, though she presents it as drawn from real psychic experience. She says in her prologue that she chose a story to carry her beliefs about the soul.

What is the main message of The Life Everlasting?

The book teaches that life and love are eternal, that each soul has a destined other half, and that a steady will can shape health and happiness. It also urges readers not to be swayed by the opinions of others.

この版を引用します

Corelli, Marie. The Life Everlasting. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-life-everlasting.

Corelli, M. (2026). The life everlasting. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-life-everlasting (Original work published 1911)

Corelli, Marie. The Life Everlasting. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-life-everlasting.

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  author = {Corelli, Marie},
  title = {The Life Everlasting},
  publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-life-everlasting},
  note = {First published 1911}
}