"Far Off Things" by Arthur Machen. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
"The Coming of the Terror" by Arthur Machen. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
"The Angels of Mons: The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War" by Arthur Machen. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
On publication The Great God Pan was widely denounced by the press as degenerate and horrific because of its decadent style and sexual content, although it has since garnered a reputation as a classic of horror. In Supernatural Horror in Literature, H. P. Lovecraft praised the story, saying: «No one could begin to describe the cumulative suspense and ultimate horror with which every paragraph abounds»; he added that «the sensitive reader» reaches the end with «an appreciative shudder.» Lovecraft also noted, however, that «melodrama is undeniably present, and coincidence is stretched to a length which appears absurd upon analysis.» Bennett Cerf described the story as a «masterpiece». 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 book The Great God Pan has garnered a reputation as a classic of horror (Stephen King has called it «Maybe the best [horror story] in the English language»).
"The Three Impostors; or, The Transmutations" by Arthur Machen. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
A woman in Wales has her mind destroyed by a scientist's attempt to enable her to see the god of nature Pan. Years later, a young woman named Helen Vaughan arrives on the London social scene, disturbing many young men and causing some to commit suicide; it transpires that she is the monstrous offspring of the god Pan and the woman in the experiment.
"The House of Souls" by Arthur Machen. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Quizá ninguna otra figura encarne mejor la transición de la tradición gótica al horror moderno que Arthur Machen. En la última década del siglo XIX, el escritor galés produjo un cuerpo seminal de relatos de horror y de lo oculto, de corrupción espiritual y física, y de sobrevivientes malignos del pasado primigenio, que horrorizaron y escandalizaron a los lectores de finales de la era victoriana. La casa de las almas es una colección de cuatro obras maestras del horror y el misterio, publicadas por primera vez en un solo volumen en 1906: «Un fragmento de vida», «La gente blanca», «El gran dios Pan» y «La luz más recóndita». En palabras de Stephen King, «„El gran dios Pan“ es el mejor relato de terror que se ha escrito en lengua inglesa»; para Guillermo del Toro, es prueba fehaciente de que «el mal nunca reposa: está gestando». «Arthur Machen puede, alguna vez, proponernos fábulas increíbles, pero sentimos que las ha inspirado una emoción genuina. Casi nunca escribió para el asombro ajeno; lo hizo porque se sabía habitante de un mundo extraño.» Jorge Luis Borges «Entre los creadores modernos del horror cósmico elevado a su punto artístico más alto, pocos pueden tener la esperanza de rivalizar con el versátil Arthur Machen, autor de una docena de relatos en donde los elementos de terror oculto y amenaza siniestra alcanzan una incomparable esencia y agudeza realista.» H.P. Lovecraft