At Oxford in the early 20th century, among the candlelit rooms and moonlit spires, a peculiar romance unfolds. Lykeham, an eccentric student with a taste for the dramatic, claims to have encountered a goddess—an ethereal beauty who, in a single night, turned his world upside down. But was she divine, or merely a fleeting dream of youth and longing? As the narrator skeptically listens to his friend’s rhapsodic tale, the story takes an unexpected turn, culminating in a midnight chase through the fields beneath a crescent moon. In the end, the revelation is as hilarious as it is poetic. Cynthia is a witty, enchanting tale that blends Oxford charm, youthful folly, and mythological mystery into an unforgettable literary gem.