White People and Other Weird Stories

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White People and Other Weird Stories

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary Short stories

Author: Arthur Machen

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Collection: Penguin Modern Classics

Language: English

Published by: Penguin

Published on: 26th January 2017

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 667 Kb

ISBN: 9780241309513


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, The White People and Other Weird Stories is the perfect introduction to the father of weird fiction. The title story "The White People" is an exercise in the bizarre leaving the reader disoriented and on edge. From the first page, Machen turns even fundamental truths upside-down, as his character Ambrose explains, "there have been those who have sounded the very depths of sin, who all their lives have never done an 'ill deed'" setting the stage for a tale entirely without logic.

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