Arthur Machen





Arthur Machen

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born
March 03, 1863 in Caerleon, Monmouthshire, Wales, The United Kingdom

died
December 15, 1947

gender
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Arthur Machen was a leading Welsh author of the 1890s. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. His long story "The Great God Pan" made him famous and controversial in his lifetime, but The Hill of Dreams is generally considered his masterpiece. He also is well known for his leading role in creating the legend of the Angels of Mons.


Average rating: 3.93 · 3,162 ratings · 334 reviews · 191 distinct works
The Great God Pan
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 842 ratings — published 1894 — 50 editions
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Hill of Dreams
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1922 — 38 editions
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The White People
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 1904 — 3 editions
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The Three Impostors
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 1895 — 19 editions
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The Great God Pan and The H...
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions
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Tales of Horror & the Super...
4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1948 — 2 editions
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The Terror
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1917 — 12 editions
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More books by Arthur Machen…
“I dream in fire but work in clay.”
Arthur Machen

“We both wondered whether these contradictions that one can't avoid if one begins to think of time and space may not really be proofs that the whole of life is a dream, and the moon and stars bits of nightmare.”
Arthur Machen, The Terror

“silence is not weakness and decency is not pride”
Arthur Machen

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