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00:00Hello, everyone. Welcome to Celsius 233, your go-to place for fiction book summaries.

00:06Today we will turn the pages of The Burial of the Rats by Bram Stoker.

00:11Bram Stoker's The Burial of the Rats, published in 1914, is a suspenseful horror story set in

00:16Paris in the mid-19th century. Known primarily for Dracula, Stoker explores another terrifying

00:23adventure here, one that blends the dangers of urban underworlds and supernatural overtones.

00:28The story revolves around a young Englishman, whose journey into Paris's darker quarters

00:33transforms a casual exploration into a nightmarish chase for survival among predatory ragpickers.

00:41Plot Summary

00:41Leaving behind the bustling city, an Englishman, young and solitary, roams the outskirts of Paris.

00:48He is lingering in France for a year, separated from the woman he loves by a promise to her parents,

00:53which forbids him from contacting her. Finding Paris, regular sights unfulfilling,

00:59he explores its fringes, eventually reaching Montrouges, an area notorious for its dust heaps

01:05and ragpickers. His fascination with this hidden world grows, and he becomes intent on witnessing

01:11the reality of Paris, Underbelly, the strange land where filth and poverty breed their own society.

01:17One day, he delves further into Montrouges, captivated by the mounds of discarded objects,

01:24and refuse that tower-like grotesque monuments. As he ventures deeper, the heaps form a maze around

01:29him, cutting off his retreat. This is no ordinary refuse yard but the domain of the chiffoniers,

01:36ragpickers, living amid decay, scavanging daily from the debris of Paris. His path takes him among

01:42huts cobbled together from fragments of broken furniture and scrap, home to figures both pitiful

01:47and malevolent. He catches glimpses of men who once fought for the Republic, now left hollow and

01:53dangerous. They are watching him with grim interest, and in the growing shadows, their gaze feels ominous.

02:00Continuing his exploration, he encounters an old woman with a face hardened by time.

02:06She invites him to rest, seating him in her shack and introducing him to Pierre,

02:09an elderly man as frail in appearance as the woman, but with an underlying ferocity.

02:15She speaks with great energy, recalling her life in revolutionary Paris, a time of horror and grim

02:21revelry. The old woman entertains her guest with stories of the past, and the narrator becomes

02:26entranced by her accounts of bloodshed and guillotines. However, something uneasy settles in

02:31the air. He senses a subtle change in her expression, an ominous glint in her eyes. He tries to shake the

02:38feeling, attributing it to his unfamiliar surroundings, but the feeling only grows.

02:44As dusk settles and the air turns chilly, he rises to leave. But the old woman's glance flickers to his

02:50hands, where a signet ring glints in the dim light. She asks to see it, her fingers lingering over the

02:55precious stone with a possessive admiration. Pierre, too, casts a glance toward the ring, and the Englishman

03:02realizes he has been surrounded by silent, calculating stares. The hut grows darker, and he notices that

03:08several other figures are positioned outside, blocking any easy escape. The unease that had

03:14lingered is now unmistakable, and fear gnaws at him. They are plotting something more sinister than

03:20mere curiosity. He struggles to keep his expression calm, speaking casually about the life of ragpickers,

03:27feigning curiosity in their grim existence. The old woman indulges him with elaborate tales,

03:32her voice taking on an eerie quality. She recalls the sewer rats in Paris, their sheer number,

03:38and the silent efficiency with which they clean bones. He senses that her words contain a hidden

03:43threat, a warning of the peril awaiting him should he attempt to resist. As she talks, he watches her

03:50slyly take a dagger from her tattered dress, eyes gleaming with anticipation. At that moment,

03:56his fear turns to icy determination. He makes a sudden leap, hurling himself against the hut's wall

04:02and breaking through the rotting boards. Tearing his way free, he lands outside, stumbling over the

04:08figures of ragpickers waiting just beyond the wall. The entire heap of boards collapses as the figures

04:14outside shout and spring after him, and the whole camp seems to come to life, scrambling to close in

04:20around him. He bolts, scrambling up a steep pile of dust and filth that crumbles beneath his weight.

04:26He chokes on the rancid smell, but the urgent pulse of survival pushes him onward, away from the hands

04:32reaching through the darkness to pull him down. At the top of the mound, he sees the lights of Paris

04:38flickering faintly in the distance, the beacon of an escape route. With the ragpickers in deadly

04:43silence trailing behind him, he races across the ridge of dust heaps. The terrain beneath him slopes

04:49treacherously, and at any moment he feels he might lose his footing and tumble back into their waiting

04:53arms. The ragpickers are relentless, following him as silently as shadows, their pace slow but

04:59deliberate, blocking any hope of easy escape. Reaching a flatter area, he dashes across a stretch

05:05of mud and stagnant pools that seem to stretch endlessly. Ahead, he spots Fort Montrouges, dark and

05:12distant, but a symbol of hope. He knows the way to Paris lies beyond it and moves with renewed vigor.

05:17But the marshland beneath him clings to his steps, slowing him down while his pursuers navigate the

05:23ground with practiced ease, herding him toward a stretch of open land where they can easily

05:28intercept him. Realizing his predicament, he changes course, seeking refuge in a ditch filled

05:34with filthy, reeking water. As he emerges on the other side, he hears his pursuers drawing closer,

05:40their pace quickening as they sense his weakening steps. But he presses forward, driven by a memory of

05:46his beloved in England, the thought of returning to her fueling his every labored breath. He scrambles

05:52up yet another mound, and on the other side, a low wall offers momentary shelter. Collapsing behind

05:58it, he gathers himself as he watches the ragpickers pass by, missing his hiding place. Summoning his

06:05remaining strength, he crawls forward, desperate to escape the dust heap maze. The figures close in

06:10again, dark shapes silhouetted against the city lights which now glow closer. At last, he sees the

06:16edge of the refuse pits and beyond it, the Parisian night stretching wide and safe. With a final burst

06:22of strength, he breaks free from the dust heaps and runs toward the glow of lanterns on the main road,

06:27where soldiers patrol the city's edge. He shouts out, alerting them to his presence, and collapses just

06:33as they reach him. The soldiers take him in, their questions drowned out by his relief as he realizes he has

06:40escaped the city of dust. Later, he would learn that the ragpickers had disappeared into the night, their dark

06:47deeds hidden once more among the dust heaps. His year of waiting would eventually end, and he would return to

06:53England and his beloved. Yet, he would never forget that night in Paris, where he had wandered too far and too close

06:59to the ravenous heart of the city's secrets, escaping only by a thread from the burial ground of rats.

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