"The White People" was written in 1899 and first published in HORLICK'S MAGAZINE (January 1904). He is also well known for his leading role in creating the legend of the Angels of Mons.From Joshi's footnotes on "The White People" in The White People and Other Weird Stories (which I want to post before I lose track of them): His novella "The Great God Pan" (1890 1894) has garnered a reputation as a classic of horror (Stephen King has called it "Maybe the best in the English language"). He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. Also available as E-Book, ePUB length 18,200 words, average reading time 1 hour 35 min.Īrthur Machen (1863-1947) was a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. Audiobook read by Ian Virly, running time 1 hour, 30 min. The White People was written in 1899, but first published in 1904. The White People was Lovecraft's second-favorite horror story of all time, after Blackwood's The Willows. Fans of supernatural fiction often cite this story as a classic in the genre. The White People is a highly influential horror story that was written in the late 1890s as part of a longer unfinished novel, some sketches from which went into his book Ornaments in Jade. Literary critics see Arthur Machen’s works as a significant part of the late Victorian revival of the gothic novel and the decadent movement of the 1890s, bearing direct comparison to the themes found in contemporary works like Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray.
A man is given the diary by another man who wishes to demonstrate what the real nature of evil is all about. The novella is presented as a young girl's diary, detailing her increasingly getting deeper into witchcraft, and discovery of ancient magic.
Often described as one of the greatest of all horror short stories. The White People is a horror novella by Welsh writer Arthur Machen.
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