The Great God Pan (The Penguin English Library) - Softcover

Machen, Arthur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241341124 ISBN 13: 9780241341124

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2018

Synopsis

'I will not read it; I should never sleep again'

A doctor performs an experiment on a young woman that goes horribly wrong, and a series of increasingly strange events follow: sinister woodland rituals, disappearances, suicides... Viewed as immoral and decadent on first publication in 1894, Machen's weird tale has since established itself as a classic of its genre and has been described by Stephen King as 'one of the best horror stories ever written. Maybe the best in the English language'.

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About this title

About the Author

Arthur Machen (1863-1947) was born in Monmouthshire in Wales, a region whose associations with Celtic, Roman and medieval history would make a strong impression on him. Too poor to attend university, he moved to London in 1881 and worked as a journalist, tutor and publisher's clerk, finding time to write at night. The Great God Pan was published in 1894, and despite widespread criticism for its decadent style and sexual content, was Machen's first popular success. In later life, he became an actor and pursued his interests in Celtic Christianity and the legend of the Grail while continuing to write fiction and journalism.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241341124
• ISBN 13: 9780241341124
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176