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"The new terror" by Gaston Leroux is a novel written in the early 20th century. Themes of hypnotic suggestion, auras, and the idea of a “stolen heart” drive the tension as love, jealousy, and belief collide. The opening of the novel follows Hector from childhood betrothal to Cordélia through his American sojourn and return, where he senses a troubling change in her tied to her art and a mysterious painter. Summoned to the gloomy estate of Vascoeuil, he learns Cordélia and her father have been abroad, sees a shadowy man at Hennequeville, and then hastily marries Cordélia upon their return. At the wedding an unsigned gift arrives: a luminous portrait of Cordélia, clearly by the English painter “Patrick,” which radiates a strange power.
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