Series: Misc
Genre: Fantasy
ISBN: 1419116827
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Price: $19.95
Reader Rating: Not rated
Genre: Fantasy
ISBN: 1419116827
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Price: $19.95
Reader Rating: Not rated
Description: The Tartarus Press website tells us more about the history of the volume: "When Dreads and Drolls was first published in 1926 it contained twenty-nine articles reprinted from London's The Graphic.
"We have great pleasure in more than doubling that number by including all of his contributions from that magazine. To 'The Euston Square Mystery', 'The Adventure of the Long-Lost Brother' and others we have been able to add 'A Castle in Celtic Myths', 'A Pretty Parricide', 'One Night When I Was Frightened' and many more.
"There is a tendency towards the re-telling of notable eighteenth-century crimes among these 'Dreads' and 'Drolls', but Machen also manages to illuminate such a wide range of subjects as the Holy Grail, the 'Little People' and cookery. In this entertaining and diverse collection of essays, Machen manages to show how little human nature has changed through the centuries.
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