The Weird and the Wonderful DXVIII: The Marvellous Experience of John Rydal by Edward Scott

Today we will cover the first novel of noted British Dance-Master and authority on the Waltz, Edward Scott's 1904 "The Marvellous Experience of John Rydal", being the story of a man who, after drinking an elixir left behind by a dead alchemist, begins to age in reverse, narrating the story of his 150 year long life, wandering the Earth, separated from all his fellow men.
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[@StephenRansom47]

Holy Benjamin Button! (1922) What a Curious Case this is … one wonders if this motif was just popular, or did Fitzgerald read this one? The Etymology of Ideas 🤔 - if that’s the term for such a thing.

[@WeirdWonderful]

Well he never becomes a child so at least the potentially odd and disturbing aspect of this isn't touched on. *shudders* Mind you Oliver Onions wrote something with the same basic idea in "The Tower of Oblivion" from 1921.

[@mostlyholy6301]

This sounds like a good one, I would not mind reading it but $100 is a bit much for one book! How did you get hold of a copy?

[@WeirdWonderful]

That's a secret ;)

[@mostlyholy6301]

@@WeirdWonderful 😂