Dreads and Drolls
Title | Dreads and Drolls PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Machen |
Publisher | |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 1926 |
Genre | Anecdotes |
ISBN |
Dreads and Drolls
Title | Dreads and Drolls PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Machen |
Publisher | |
Pages | 241 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Anecdotes |
ISBN | 9781905784042 |
All these Dreads and Drolls appeared in The Graphic . They were gathered from all sorts of sources. Most of them are strictly veridical, but it may be confessed that here and there imagination plays a small part. My favourite in the collection is, decidedly, the story of Grimaldi the Clown and his long-lost brother. It is an enigma of a tale. On the one hand, there is nothing improbable in the bare plot. Many lads, I have no doubt, went to sea in the adventurous times of the Napoleonic Wars, and were unheard of by their families for long years, often enough they were never heard of again. They were killed in one fight or another, they perished in African swamps, they became Archimandrites in Russia, or confidential advisers to the Dey of Algiers or to Prester John. And again there is nothing improbable in the adventurer's return with a heavy bag of gold, nothing improbable in the final disappearance of a young man who flourishes this bag of gold in the purlieus of Drury Lane as the chimes are ringing midnight. That is the bare plot of the tale, and as I say, it is all probable enough; and yet I defy anybody to read Grimaldi's story without lifting an incredulous eyebrow. And I have come to the conclusion that this impression is due to Grimaldi's unconscious art, I have no doubt that the Clown spoke the truth; but he had within him that love of mystery and wonder which (as I have said till people are sick of hearing me say it) is the sure foundation, the only foundation of Art. Again and again in his odd book this note of mysteriousness occurs. Take, for example, the incident, of the man with the silver staff. Grimaldi always declared that he never knew who this personage was. He didn't want to know. If he had made enquiries, I suppose he would have found that the mysterious stranger was Chief Bow Street Runner, or, as we should say, something big at Scotland Yard. And so, I daresay that the affair of Mr. Mackintosh and his twelve friends - a tale absolutely Arabian, as Grimaldi tells it - would have seemed tiresome enough to a man without his admirable capacity for mystery and capacity of creating it. And thus in the business of the long-lost brother. It all happened, and there is nothing very remarkable in it - save for the wonderful though unconscious art which has made a plain tale of plain facts read like a subtle study in mysterious suggestion, a ghost story of the rarest kind. This is a great gift: to be able so to tell the bare truth that it seems a magnificent lie. To many of us, it is rather given to invent elaborate fictions which are plainer (and duller) than the plainest facts.
Dreads and Drolls
Title | Dreads and Drolls PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Machen |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Pages | 214 |
Release | 2018-08-13 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781725179875 |
Dreads and Drolls: Large Print by Arthur Machen Arthur Machen was a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. His novella The Great God Pan (1890; 1894) has garnered a reputation as a classic of horror, with Stephen King describing it as "Maybe the best [horror story] in the English language." He is also well known for his leading role in creating the legend of the Angels of Mons. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
Arthur Machen: Weaver of Fantasy
Title | Arthur Machen: Weaver of Fantasy PDF eBook |
Author | William F. Gekle |
Publisher | Good Press |
Pages | 183 |
Release | 2022-08-21 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
"Arthur Machen: Weaver of Fantasy" by William F. Gekle is a 1949 book that takes readers on a fantastical journey. Machen was a Welsh writer who inspired people's imaginations across the globe. This book means to pay homage to his work by delving into his mindset and what pushed him to create the magical stories he put into the world.
Black Cat Weekly #34
Title | Black Cat Weekly #34 PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah M. Chen |
Publisher | Wildside Press LLC |
Pages | 781 |
Release | |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1667699954 |
Here is the 34th issue of Black Cat Weekly, packed with more than 500 pages of great reading, with contents ranging from mystery to adventure to science fiction and fantasy. The complete contents includes: Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure: “Skin,” by Stephen D. Rogers [Michael Bracken Presents short story] “Booked for Murder,” by Hal Charles [solve-it-yourself mystery] “Grateful Touring,” by Sarah M. Chen [Barb Goffman Presents short story] The Case of Shem Packer, by Hulbert Footner [novel] “The Dragoman’s Secret,” by Otis Adelbert Kline [novelet] Science Fiction & Fantasy: “Skin,” by Stephen D. Rogers [Michael Bracken Presents short story] “A Single Feather,” by Marsheila Rockwell and Jeffrey J. Mariotte [Cynthia Ward Presents short story] The Case by Case Casebook of Emily Silverwood, by Mel Gilden (Part 3 of 4) [Serial Novel] “Towers of Death,” by Henry Kuttner [novelet] The Hill of Dreams, by Arthur Machen [novel] Non-Fiction: Arthur Machen: Weaver of Fantasy, by William F. Gekle [author study]
Women, men and the Great War
Title | Women, men and the Great War PDF eBook |
Author | Trudi Tate |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2024-06-04 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 1526184117 |
"A wide ranging, challenging and constantly surprising collection ... focusing on the divisions the war created between men and women." Pat Barker This is an anthology of short stories of World War I from 25 classic writers. Gertrude Stein, Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield are among the women writers whose works account for half the volume. The stories are by turn poignant, violent, harsh, tender and desolating.
Arthur Machen: 30+ Horror Classics, Supernatural Mysteries & Fantasy Books
Title | Arthur Machen: 30+ Horror Classics, Supernatural Mysteries & Fantasy Books PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Machen |
Publisher | DigiCat |
Pages | 4363 |
Release | 2023-12-30 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Table of Contents: Arthur Machen (1863-1947) was a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. His novella The Great God Pan has garnered a reputation as a classic of horror (Stephen King has called it "The best horror story in the English language"). Historian of fantastic literature Brian Stableford has suggested that Machen "was the first writer of authentically modern horror stories, and his best works must still be reckoned among the finest products of the genre". Table of Contents: Novels: The Three Impostors The Hill of Dreams The Terror: A Mystery The Secret Glory Short Stories and Novellas: A Fragment of Life The White People The Great God Pan The Inmost Light The Shining Pyramid The Red Hand The Angels of Mons: The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War: The Bowmen The Soldiers' Rest The Monstrance The Dazzling Light The Bowmen And Other Noble Ghosts Change The Children of the Pool The Bright Boy The Tree of Life Opening the Door The Marriage of Panurge The Holy Things Psychology The Turanians The Rose Garden The Ceremony The Happy Children The Cosy Room Munitions of War The Great Return A New Christmas Carol The Islington Mystery Out of the Earth Essays: Hieroglyphics Dog and Duck Dreads and Dolls Translation: The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798 Autobiography: Far Off Things Criticism: Arthur Machen: A Novelist of Ecstasy and Sin (With Two Uncollected Poems by Arthur Machen)