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Front Matter and Chapters 1 through 3

· The following version of this novel was used to create this Lesson Plan: Tokarczuk, Olga. The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story. Translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, Riverhead Books, 2024.

· After publication information, an epigraph, and a list of characters, Chapter 1, “The Guesthouse for Gentlemen,” begins with Mieczyś arriving by train and described in some detail.

· As Mieczyś progresses, he and his surroundings are further described, noting differences between the local area and his home region.

· As Mieczyś begins to suffer depressive symptoms, he is taken up by a driver who delivers him to Görbersdorf, where he suffers a coughing fit.

· Mieczyś gains control of himself and is joined by Willi, who escorts him to his lodgings.

· Tended to, Mieczyś falls asleep, and the narrator lingers, watching, for a while.

· The next section of the chapter begins with Mieczyś waking, and some of his...

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