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The Three Impostors (1895) is a novel by Arthur Machen. Consisting of interwoven stories involving the title characters, The Three Impostors was compared to the prose style of Robert Louis Stevenson on publication. Condemned as decadent and obscene upon publication, Machen's writing earned praise from Oscar Wilde and H. P. Lovecraft. Throughout the years, Machen's work has been referenced and adapted by such figures as Stephen King, Guillermo del Toro, and Josh Malerman for its masterfully unsettling blend of science, myth, and magic. Inspired by his knowledge of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, which was undergoing a controversial conflict involving Irish poet W. B. Yeats and English mystic Aleister Crowley at the time, Machen crafts a layered tale of suspense and secrecy that continues to entertain and surprise over a century after its release. In London, a
Scholarship, debate, archival material, and esoterica relating to Arthur Machen, a 'modern master of the weird tale.'For twenty years, Faunus, the biannual journal of the Friends of Arthur Machen, has been publishing an astonishing range of scholarship, debate, archival material, and esoterica
'Of creators of cosmic fear raised to its most artistic pitch, few can hope to equal Arthur Machen.' -- H. P. Lovecraft Arthur Machen (1863-1947), Welsh novelist and essayist, is considered one of the most important and influential writers of his time. While displaying a preoccupation with pagan
Román Arthura Machena Pahorek snů je snovou autobigrafií jednoho z největších spisovatelů horrorové fikce z období fin de siEcle a první poloviny 20. století. Autor uznávaný Lovecraftem a Kingem zde líčí svě dětství a dospívání v přízračném městečku, kdysi významné
Slávny welšský prozaik Arthur Machen (1863 - 1947) vytvoril zbierku mrazivo tajomných poviedok, ktoré prepojil do brilantného neo-gotického románového celku s prekvapivou pointou. Dvojica zanietených milovníkov života a klasickej literatúry sa čoraz hlbšie zaplieta do vražedného
eBook: Arthur Machen se narodil v malé velšské vesničce, jež na přelomu 4. a 5. století byla sídlem dvora krále Artuše a odkud Rytíři kulatého stolu vyjížděli hledat svatý gráll. Byl členem tajné společnosti anglických zasvěcenců Zlatý úsvit, k níž patřil mj. i Bram
Something pushed out from the body there on the floor, and stretched forth a slimy, wavering tentacle... Perhaps no figure better embodies the transition from the Gothic tradition to modern horror than Arthur Machen. In the final decade of the nineteenth century, the Welsh writer produced a seminal
Classic tales of the fantastic, creepy and weird, with a foreword from the award-winning director of The Shape of Water Guillermo Del Toro Machen's weird tales of the creepy and fantastic finally come to Penguin Classics. With an introduction from S.T. Joshi, editor of American Supernatural Tales,
A sensation when first published in 1894, this frightening story involves evil scientists and the women that become monsters at their hands. An experiment into the sources of the human brain through the mind of a young woman has gone horribly wrong--she has witnessed the God Pan and will die giving
Lucian Taylor believes he has been damned through contact with an erotically pagan world--or possibly through something degenerate in his own nature--in this critically acclaimed horror story. Moving to London to shake off his fears of being trapped by the dark imaginings of a creature inside him,
Something pushed out from the body there on the floor, and stretched forth a slimy, wavering tentacle... Perhaps no figure better embodies the transition from the Gothic tradition to modern horror than Arthur Machen. In the final decade of the nineteenth century, the Welsh writer produced a seminal
Life is finally back to normal for Arthur Quinn. Three months ago, he and his friends put their lives at risk to stop the trickster god Loki from taking over the world. However, just when Arthur is starting to relax again, the dreams start once more; dreams of gods, dreams of war, dreams of wolves
' . . . fascinating throughout. . . . the book is recreative in the highest sense.' --Arthur C. Danto, The New Republic'A gem for Holmes fans and armchair detectives with a penchant for logical reflection, and Peirce scholars.' --Library
The second collection of Schnitzler's prose fiction follows on the award-winning Night Games, Ms Schaefer has translated three of Schnitzler's greatest novellas, acknowledged
Daily Gazette - The biggest sensation of the 19th Century A three-member expedition goes to the Amazon jungle to verify unreal and yet undocumented discoveries of Professor Challenger. Three heroes, Professor Summerlee, Lord Roxton and reporter Edward Malone, set off for what could be the greatest
This book traces three tumultuous decades of avant-garde theatre in the U.S. It begins with the Living Theatre, and explores diverse ensembles such as The Open Theatre, The Performance Group, and Bread and Puppet Theatre. It also looks at the women's theatre movement, and examines the work of
Nový výbor z příběhů velškého vizionáře, který věřil, že „hmota je ve skutečnosti příšernější než duch“, přináší 13 dosud českému milovníkovi imaginativního hororu neznámých povídek a nový a úplný překlad legendární novely Bílý lid. Mezi povídkami jsou
The sequel to the New York Times bestselling Impostors When the world sees Frey, they think they see her twin sister Rafi. Frey was raised to be Rafi's double, and now she's taken on the role . . . without anyone else knowing. Her goal? To destroy the forces that created her.But with the world
An adapted and illustrated edition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic
Během první světové války dojde v Británii k řadě nevysvětlitelných úmrtí a vražd. „Výbuch munice v Severním distriktu: mnoho smrtelných úrazů.' Jeden z pracujících přidal hrozné detaily: Tváře mrtvol byly zohavené, jako by je ohryzal nějaký hlodavec. Střecha budovy
eBook: Okultní novela adepta lóže 'Zlatý Úsvit'. Vynikající dílo, které‚ bylo znovuobjeveno v šedesátých letech našeho století díky knize 'Jitro kouzelníků“. | Tajuplné‚ fantastické‚ Machenovo dílo, které je úzce spjato s obřadnou magií a touhou po dosažení
Burnt-out at twenty-three, Rimbaud has become a model for the poet as wayward genius. Nevertheless, he wrote a substantial amount of lyric and dramatic verse in his few years of activity. This volume contains all his mature output, together with several short prose works, including A SEASON IN
'The hallucinatory prose-poems of Arthur Rimbaud rank among the glories of 19th-century French literature.' -- New York TimesOne of the world's most influential poets, Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) is remembered as much for his volatile personality and tumultuous life as he is for his writings, almost
Designed in the style of his bestselling Models Manual, this book celebrates the women Arthur Elgort has lovedIn his latest book, the great American fashion photographer Arthur Elgort presents photographs of women that he has taken throughout his career, in homage to their power, their beauty,