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The White People and Other Weird Stories

By Arthur Machen
Foreword by Guillermo del Toro
Introduction by S. T. Joshi
Notes by S. T. Joshi

By Arthur Machen
Foreword by Guillermo del Toro
Introduction by S. T. Joshi
Notes by S. T. Joshi

By Arthur Machen
Foreword by Guillermo del Toro
Introduction by S. T. Joshi
Notes by S. T. Joshi

By Arthur Machen
Foreword by Guillermo del Toro
Introduction by S. T. Joshi
Notes by S. T. Joshi

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    About The White People and Other Weird Stories

    Classic tales of the fantastic, creepy and weird, with a foreword from the award-winning director of The Shape of Water Guillermo Del Toro 

    Machen’s weird tales of the creepy and fantastic finally come to Penguin Classics. With an introduction from S.T. Joshi, editor of American Supernatural Tales, The White People and Other Weird Stories is the perfect introduction to the father of weird fiction. The title story “The White People” is an exercise in the bizarre leaving the reader disoriented and on edge. From the first page, Machen turns even fundamental truths upside-down, as his character Ambrose explains, “there have been those who have sounded the very depths of sin, who all their lives have never done an ‘ill deed'” setting the stage for a tale entirely without logic.

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

    About The White People and Other Weird Stories

    Classic tales of the fantastic, creepy and weird, with a foreword from the award-winning director of The Shape of Water Guillermo Del Toro 

    Machen’s weird tales of the creepy and fantastic finally come to Penguin Classics. With an introduction from S.T. Joshi, editor of American Supernatural Tales, The White People and Other Weird Stories is the perfect introduction to the father of weird fiction. The title story “The White People” is an exercise in the bizarre leaving the reader disoriented and on edge. From the first page, Machen turns even fundamental truths upside-down, as his character Ambrose explains, “there have been those who have sounded the very depths of sin, who all their lives have never done an ‘ill deed'” setting the stage for a tale entirely without logic.

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

    About Arthur Machen

    Arthur Machen (1863-1947) was born in Monmouthshire in Wales, a region whose associations with Celtic, Roman and medieval history would make a strong impression on him. Too poor to attend university, he moved to London in 1881 and worked as… More about Arthur Machen

    About Arthur Machen

    Arthur Machen (1863-1947) was born in Monmouthshire in Wales, a region whose associations with Celtic, Roman and medieval history would make a strong impression on him. Too poor to attend university, he moved to London in 1881 and worked as… More about Arthur Machen

    Product Details

    Category: Fiction Classics | Gothic & Horror

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Sep 27, 2011 | 416 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780143105596

    Category: Fiction Classics | Gothic & Horror

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Sep 27, 2011 | 416 Pages | ISBN 9781101552681

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    Praise

    "The pleasure of rediscovering these stories or experiencing them for the first time is sure to be amplified by the insightful foreword by filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth) and the excellent introduction by S. T. Joshi." — Craig Smith

    "As a selection of ‘weird’ short stories, The White People is a fine example of the precursor to what has become a popular subgenre of fantasy fiction, as well as a window on to the spiritual concerns of the Welsh author Arthur Machen (1863-1947): the veil separating the phenomenal world and the supernal realm is thin. While we may have forgotten the rituals, spells, charms and wards once used to commune with the spirits, the spirits have not forgotten us."

    — Times Literary Supplement

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