The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen

by Arthur Machen

Overview

In Arthur Machen's masterpiece of Gothic horror, and young woman from Wales (Mary) is subjected to cruel and inhumane experiments by the sinister Dr. Raymond, intended to allow her to commune with the god of nature, Pan. Years later, the beautiful but evil Helen Vaughn arrives in London, attracting the attention of fashionable young men, who soon begin committing suicide.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014236782
Publisher:	Halcyon Press Ltd.
Publication date:	03/20/2012
Series:	Halcyon Classics , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	608,087
File size:	171 KB

About the Author

Arthur Machen (1863-1947) was a Welsh author and writer. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction, although he was accomplished in other genres as well. Machen edited the memoirs of Casanova, and also is well known for his role in creating the legend of the ANGELS OF MONS, in which the spirits of dead Englishmen from the Battle of Agincourt protected British soldiers at the Battle of Mons in World War I. While fictional, Machen's newspaper account became the basis for the legend which was widely regarded as fact during the Great War.

Editorial Reviews

"No one could begin to describe the cumulative suspense and ultimate horror with which every paragraph abounds"; he added that "the sensitive reader" reaches the end with "an appreciative shudder."

H. P. Lovecraft