The Great God Pan

Name: The Great God Pan
Brand: Penguin Books Ltd
SKU: 9780241341124
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★★★★★

English

By (author): Arthur Machen

'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'.

The Penguin English Library - collectable general readers' editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century to the end of the Second World War.

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Weight: 138g
Dimensions: 130 x 198mm
Publication Date: 07 Jun 2018
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780241341124

About Arthur Machen

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.