Great God Pan |
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Author:
| Machen, Arthur |
Foreword by:
| Campbell, Ramsey |
Series title: | Library of Wales Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-336-09929-6 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2015 |
Publisher: | Parthian Books
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $2.90 |
Book Description:
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An experiment into the sources of the human brain through the mind of a young woman has gone horribly wrong. She has seen the great god Pan and will die giving birth to a daughter.
Twenty years later, feted society hostess Helen Vaughan becomes the source of much fevered speculation. Many men are infactuated with her beauty, but great beauty has a price, and sometimes you have to pay with the only thing you have left...
"The Great God Pan" was a sensation when...
More Description
An experiment into the sources of the human brain through the mind of a young woman has gone horribly wrong. She has seen the great god Pan and will die giving birth to a daughter.
Twenty years later, feted society hostess Helen Vaughan becomes the source of much fevered speculation. Many men are infactuated with her beauty, but great beauty has a price, and sometimes you have to pay with the only thing you have left...
"The Great God Pan" was a sensation when published in 1894. Its author, Arthur Machen, was a struggling unknown writer living in London. He had translated Casanova's memoirs and was living on a small inheritance. He immediately became one of the most talked-about writers of the last years of the nineteenth century, while the publications marked the start of his ongoing influence on modern fantasy and horror.