The white people and other weird stories / Arthur Machen ; edited with an introduction and notes by S.T. Joshi ; foreword by Guillermo del Toro.

Author
Machen, Arthur, 1863-1947 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Penguin Books, 2011.
Description
xxviii, 377 p. ; 20 cm.

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Series
Penguin classics [More in this series]
Summary note
"Machen's weird tales of the creepy and fantastic finally come to Penguin Classics. With an introduction from S.T. Joshi, editor of AMERICAN SUPERNATURAL TALES, THE WHITE PEOPLE AND OTHER WEIRD STORIES is the perfect introduction to the father of weird fiction. The title story "The White People" is an exercise in the bizarre leaving the reader disoriented and on edge. From the first page, Machen turns even fundamental truths upside-down, as his character Ambrose explains, "there have been those who have sounded the very depths of sin, who all their lives have never done an 'ill deed'" setting the stage for a tale entirely without logic"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references.
Action note
Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Contents
  • The Inmost light
  • Novel of the black seal
  • Novel of the white powder
  • The red hand
  • The white people
  • A fragment of life
  • The bowmen
  • The soldiers' rest
  • The great return
  • Out of the earth
  • The terror.
ISBN
  • 9780143105596 (pbk.)
  • 0143105590 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2011027590
OCLC
706024267
RCP
H - S
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