ARTHUR MACHEN Premium Collection: 30+ Novels & Short Stories (Including Essays, Translations & Autobiography) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. 30+ Occult, Horror, and Supernatural ClassicsBy Arthur Machen
Length198h 1m
About this audiobook
This expansive collection gathers the major fiction, essays, translations, and autobiographical writings of Arthur Machen, offering a panoramic view of one of fin-de-siècle literature's most distinctive imaginations. From occult tales such as The Great God Pan and "The White People" to visionary romances and reflective prose, Machen's work fuses Gothic inheritance, Celtic mysticism, Decadent aesthetics, and a prose style at once ornate, lucid, and unsettling. His fiction occupies a crucial place between Victorian supernaturalism and modern weird literature. Born in Caerleon, Wales, in 1863, Machen was deeply shaped by the Roman and medieval landscapes of his childhood, by Anglican spirituality, and by a lifelong fascination with hidden realities beneath ordinary life. His struggles as a journalist, translator, actor, and literary outsider sharpened his sense of modernity's spiritual impoverishment, while his antiquarian learning and mystical temperament gave his stories their peculiar authority and dread. This premium collection is highly recommended for readers of supernatural fiction, literary horror, and late Victorian culture. It is especially valuable for those seeking to understand Machen not merely as a teller of strange tales, but as a major architect of the modern imagination of terror and transcendence.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreHorror
Length198 hrs 1 min
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 11, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1ARTHUR MACHEN Premium Collection: 30+ Novels & Short Stories (Including Essays, Translations & Autobiography) (Annotated)
26The Bowmen
2Introduction
27The Soldiers’ Rest
3Historical Context
28The Monstrance
4Synopsis (Selection)
29The Dazzling Light
5Novels
30The Bowmen And Other Noble Ghosts
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6The Three Impostors (1895) (pt. 1)
31Change (1936)
7The Three Impostors (1895) (pt. 2)
32The Children of the Pool (1936)
8The Three Impostors (1895) (pt. 3)
33The Bright Boy (1936)
9The Hill of Dreams (1907) (pt. 1)
34The Tree of Life (1936)
10The Hill of Dreams (1907) (pt. 2)
35Opening the Door (1931)
11The Hill of Dreams (1907) (pt. 3)
36The Marriage of Panurge (1922)
12The Terror: A Mystery (1917) (pt. 1)
37The Holy Things (1924)
13The Terror: A Mystery (1917) (pt. 2)
38Psychology (1897)
14The Secret Glory (1922) (pt. 1)
39The Turanians (1924)
15The Secret Glory (1922) (pt. 2)
40The Rose Garden (1908)
16The Secret Glory (1922) (pt. 3)
41The Ceremony (1897)
17Short Stories and Novellas
42The Happy Children (1920)
18A Fragment of Life (1905) (pt. 1)
43The Cosy Room (1929)
19A Fragment of Life (1905) (pt. 2)
44Munitions of War (1926)
20The White People (1904)
45The Great Return (1915)
21The Great God Pan (1894)
46A New Christmas Carol (1920)
22The Inmost Light (1894)
47The Islington Mystery (1927)
23The Shining Pyramid (1895)
48Out of the Earth (1915)
24The Red Hand (1895)
49Essays
25The Angels of Mons: The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War: (1915)
50Hieroglyphics (1902) (pt. 1)
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