A group of friends, including the narrator and McKane, discuss the recent fame of Professor Sven Borgen, who has perfected brain grafting experiments on animals. The narrator questions Borgen's mental state, but a stranger who overhears their conversation defends Borgen's genius and asserts the truth of the newspaper story. The stranger claims to...More
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest types of literature and has existed in the form of legends, mythic tales, folk tales, fairy tales, fables and anecdotes in various ancient communities across the world. The modern short story developed in the early 19th century.
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest types of literature and has existed in the form of legends, mythic tales, folk tales, fairy tales, fables and anecdotes in various ancient communities across the world. The modern short story developed in the early 19th century.
Book Summary
A group of friends, including the narrator and McKane, discuss the recent fame of Professor Sven Borgen, who has perfected brain grafting experiments on animals. The narrator questions Borgen's mental state, but a stranger who overhears their conversation defends Borgen's genius and asserts the truth of the newspaper story. The stranger claims to have personal knowledge of the experiments and shares a more detailed version of events. According to him, the idea of brain grafting originated with another surgeon, Doctor X, who worked alongside Borgen for many years to achieve success. Doctor X's son was severely injured and died, but before his death, he requested that his body be used for the brain grafting experiments...
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