The Secret Glory

The Secret Glory is a unique, semi-autobiographical novel by Arthur Machen that explores his lifelong themes of hidden knowledge, spiritual ecstasy, and the persistence of ancient Celtic and Christian mysticism in the modern world.

The novel follows the life of Ambrose Meyrick, a sensitive and solitary boy who is forced to attend a bleak, repressive English boarding school. While the school attempts to crush his spirit with dull routine and shallow religiosity, Ambrose discovers an inner world of profound spiritual truth.

The Secret Glory is Machen's most personal work, a meditative novel that serves as a powerful testament to the necessity of a hidden, individual connection to the sublime in a world increasingly dominated by the mundane and the material.

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The Secret Glory

The Secret Glory is a unique, semi-autobiographical novel by Arthur Machen that explores his lifelong themes of hidden knowledge, spiritual ecstasy, and the persistence of ancient Celtic and Christian mysticism in the modern world.

The novel follows the life of Ambrose Meyrick, a sensitive and solitary boy who is forced to attend a bleak, repressive English boarding school. While the school attempts to crush his spirit with dull routine and shallow religiosity, Ambrose discovers an inner world of profound spiritual truth.

The Secret Glory is Machen's most personal work, a meditative novel that serves as a powerful testament to the necessity of a hidden, individual connection to the sublime in a world increasingly dominated by the mundane and the material.

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The Secret Glory

The Secret Glory

by Arthur Machen
The Secret Glory

The Secret Glory

by Arthur Machen

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Overview

The Secret Glory is a unique, semi-autobiographical novel by Arthur Machen that explores his lifelong themes of hidden knowledge, spiritual ecstasy, and the persistence of ancient Celtic and Christian mysticism in the modern world.

The novel follows the life of Ambrose Meyrick, a sensitive and solitary boy who is forced to attend a bleak, repressive English boarding school. While the school attempts to crush his spirit with dull routine and shallow religiosity, Ambrose discovers an inner world of profound spiritual truth.

The Secret Glory is Machen's most personal work, a meditative novel that serves as a powerful testament to the necessity of a hidden, individual connection to the sublime in a world increasingly dominated by the mundane and the material.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781528704304
Publisher: Fantasy and Horror Classics
Publication date: 03/29/2018
Pages: 200
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.46(d)

About the Author

Arthur Machen, 1863-1947, is remembered as an author of supernatural and horror fiction. Following its publication in 1894, The Great God Pan was denounced for its sexual and horrific content, but more recently Stephen King has described the novella as "maybe the best (horror story) in the English language", and it was an influence on Guillermo del Toro's 2006 film Pan's Labyrinth. Born Arthur Llewelyn Jones in Caerleon, Gwent, Machen was an author, journalist and actor. Descending from a long line of Anglican clergymen Machen's mystical and spiritual beliefs, combined with his interest in the medieval, led him to create his own particular fusion of literature and legend.

Table of Contents

Preface.................5

CHAPTER I...........8

CHAPTER II.........31

CHAPTER III........64

CHAPTER IV........85

EPILOGUE.........126

NOTES...............128

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