{"product_id":"collected-fiction-volume-1-1888-1895-paperback","title":"Collected Fiction Volume 1: 1888-1895 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArthur Machen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eS. T. Joshi\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelsh writer Arthur Machen (1863-1947) is one of the towering figures in the Golden Age of weird fiction, and his novels and tales have influenced generations of weird writers and remain immensely popular among readers. But much of his work has been difficult to obtain, remaining buried in obscure magazines and newspapers of a century ago or published in expensive limited editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first edition of Machen's fiction to be based on a thorough examination of his manuscripts and early publications. It is also the first edition to arrange Machen's fiction chronologically by date of writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis first volume contains his charming picaresque novel \u003cem\u003eThe Chronicle of Clemendy\u003c\/em\u003e (1888), an exquisite imitation of the medieval narratives of Chaucer and Boccaccio. At this time Machen was a young journalist who had moved from his native Wales to London, and he wrote a number of humorous and slightly risqu  sketches for fashionable London magazines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut then he published \"The Great God Pan\" (1894), one of the pioneering works in the entire range of weird fiction. It was condemned by contemporary reviewers as the work of a diseased mind. Machen followed it up with the episodic novel \u003cem\u003eThe Three Impostors\u003c\/em\u003e (1895), containing the brilliant segments \"The Novel of the Black Seal\" (which features the Little People, a sub-human race lurking on the edges of civilization), \"The Novel of the White Powder,\" and other vivid narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe edition has been prepared by S. T. Joshi, a leading authority on weird fiction and the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Weird Tale\u003c\/em\u003e (1990) and \u003cem\u003eUnutterable Horror: A History of Supernatural Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e (2012). Joshi has prepared textually corrected editions of the work of H. P. Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce, and many other weird writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 548\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.11 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 07, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44313336316006,"sku":"9781614982487","price":44.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/bWVFbmxrcW81b2dKd21BL2RZcVlMdz09.webp?v=1767937842","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/collected-fiction-volume-1-1888-1895-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}