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플레처 프랫(Fletcher Pratt)의 "The Blue Star"는 고전적인 판타지 소설로, 그의 가장 잘 알려진 작품 중 하나다. 이 소설은 1952년에 출판되었으며, 많은 팬들에게 사랑받고 있다. 이 책은 중세 시대의 설정에서 시작하여, 마법, 모험, 그리고 영웅적인 여정을 다루고 있다. 이 소설은 많은 판타지 소설의 전통을 따르며, 플레처 프랫의 유쾌하고 재미있는 문체로 쓰여졌다.


"The Blue Star" by Fletcher Pratt is a classic fantasy novel and one of his best-known works. This novel was published in 1952 and is loved by many fans. The book begins in a medieval setting and features magic, adventure, and heroic journeys. This novel follows the tradition of many fantasy novels and is written in Fletcher Pratt's delightful and entertaining style.


Summary
The novel is set in a parallel world in which the existence of psychic powers has permitted the development of witchcraft into a science; in contrast, the physical sciences have languished, resulting in a modern culture reminiscent of our eighteenth century. Witchcraft is hereditary but the ability to use it can be held by only one member of a family line at a time, being passed from mother to daughter at the daughter's loss of virginity. The daughter's lover then gains possession of her magical talisman, a jewel known as a "blue star", which enables him to read the mind of anyone he looks in the eye. The catch is that he retains access to this power only so long as he keeps faith with his witch lover.

Contents
Prologue
1 Netznegon City: March Rain
2 April Night
3 Escape
4 Daylight; Refuge
5 Night; Generosity; Treason
6 Night and Day; The Place of Masks
7 Sedad Vix: A New Life
8 High Politic
9 Spring Festival: Intrigue of Count Cleudi
10 Prelude to the Servants’ Ball
11 Kazmerga; Two Against a World
12 Netznegon City; A Zigraner Festival
13 Farewell and Greeting
14 The Eastern Sea; The Captain’s Story
15 Charalkis; The Door Closes
16 The Eastern Sea: Systole
17 Charalkis: The Depth and Rise
18 Decide for Life
19 Two Choices
20 Inevitable
21 Midwinter: The Return
22 The Law of Love
23 Netznegon: Return to Glory
24 Speeches in the Great Assembly
25 Interview at the Nation’s Guest-House
26 The Court of Special Cases
27 Winter Light
28 Embers Revived
29 No and Yes
Epilogue