The House of Souls - Couverture souple

Machen, Arthur

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1438527438 ISBN 13 : 9781438527437

Editeur : Book Jungle, 2009

Synopsis

The House of Souls is a collection of supernatural, horror stories that will capture the reader's attention from the first paragraph. Arthur Machen, (1863-1947) was a Welsh novelist, short story writer, journalist and actor. He wrote horror, fantasy and supernatural fiction. His love of Celtic, Roman and medieval history is seen in many of his stories. Stories in this collection include A fragment of Life, The White People, The Great God Pan, and The Inmost Light.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The House of Souls And here, by the way, I may, perhaps, be permitted to say a word in defence of the method and milieu of these tales. In a frivolous community, such as the French, this would be pure impertinence; since in Paris it is agreed that imagination and fantasy are to work as they will and as they can, and are to be judged by their own laws. He who carves gurgoyles admirably is praised for his curious excellence in the invention and execution of these grinning monsters; and if he is blamed it is for bad carving, not because he has failed to produce pet lambs. In England, of course, we judge very differently; we lay stress on usefulness and serious aims, and Imagination itself is expected to improve the occasion, to reform while it entertains, and to instruct under the guise of story-telling. This, doubtless, is one of the many benefits which we owe to our sturdy Puritan ancestors, those architects of Englandys true greatness, fathers of huge banking accounts, of flourishing industrial communitiest of Gower Street, of Manchester and its environs, of substitutes in every trade, of the open Bible in short, of all the blessings of civil and religious liberty. But, indeed, I think we scarcely realize the debt that our English Art owes toE nglish Puritanism.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Book Jungle
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1438527438
• ISBN 13: 9781438527437
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 206
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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