The Eight Prayer
Purpose
This document was a novel, a story meant to entertain and persuade its readers. It is 254 pages in length, and frequently printed and copied to be transferred and sold to others. It centers around the mythological horror of vengeance, a subject of a nursery tale used to scare young children, and so is often used for that same purpose, to make young children behave better.
Document Structure
Clauses
This novel is divided into chapters, of which it has 15. The chapters are divided relatively randomly, with the shortest being 8 pages long and the longest being 49. They are divided with respect only paid to its narrative effect.
References
Primarily referenced are myths on the subject of the horror of vengeance, a nursery tale on a horror that ate small children who misbehaved, which is also the subject of the novel.
Publication Status
This document is published publicly, and is usually sold from between 6cp up to 5sp depending on the shopkeeper and the availability of printing presses. In some areas where the novel must be copied by hand to be sold, it can go up to several gold for a copy.
Historical Details
Background
This was written by Io, a srirling native to the Ceccene Desert as a last ditch effort to make money. Ze wrote it as a last ditch effort to make money after leaving zeir society and promptly descending into poverty. Luckily for zer, the novel was a massive success, and ze made an insane amount of money off of it, which ze now uses to better their town and live comfortably.
Public Reaction
This book was quite well received, and sold thousands of copies within its first few years in print. Most adults and teenagers who read it agree that it is well written and intriguing, though it is often considered quite scary to younger audiences, something that either leads people to not read it to children or intentionally read it to children to scare them.
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