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The Damnation of Theron Ware 


The Damnation of 


Harold Frederic 


LibriVox Read by Greg W. 


The Damnation of Theron Ware 
By Harold Frederic (1856-1898) 


The Damnation of Theron Ware (published in England as Illumination) is an 1896 novel 
by American author Harold Frederic. It is widely considered a classic of American 
realism. The novel reveals a great deal about turn-of-the-century provincial America, 
religious life, and the depressed state of intellectual and artistic culture in small 
towns. 


The novel centers on the life of a Methodist pastor named Theron Ware who has 
recently moved to a fictional small town in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New 
York, which Frederic modeled after Utica, New York. A promising young pastor 
recently married, Theron has a number of experiences that cause him to begin to 
question the Methodist religion, his role as a priest, and even the very existence of 
God. His moral decline (or illumination) is heightened through his dealings with Father 
Forbes, the town's Catholic priest; Dr. Ledsmar, a local atheist, philosopher, and man 
of science; and Celia, a local Irish Catholic girl, a species of aesthete, with whom 
Theron becomes hopelessly infatuated. (Introduction by Wikipedia) 


Total running time: 12:43:11; read by Greg W. Dedicated Proof-Listener: mim@can. 
Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: J. M. Smallheer. 


This recording is in the public domain and may be reproduced, distributed, or modified without permission. For 
more information or to volunteer, visit librivox.org. Cover image is the cover of the edition published by Stone & 
Kimball (1897). Copyright expired in US, Canada, EU, and all countries with author’s life +70 yrs laws. Cover 
design by Janette Brown. This design is in the public domain. 


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