In 'The White People', the legendary horror writer Arthur Machen weaves a twisted tale about the dark imaginings of the reality behind ancient beliefs. A stilted philosophical discussion between two men on the nature of evil prompts one of them to reveal a mysterious tome. The book - a green diary belonging to a young girl - is no mere record of whimsical countryside life, but rather a fragmented, stream-of-consciousness account of an encounter with pure and profound evil...Hailed by scholars and devotees of supernatural fiction as a classic of the genre, 'The White People' has been called "probably the finest single supernatural story of the century, perhaps in the literature" (E. F. Bleiler) and "a masterpiece of indirection, a Lovecraft plot told by James Joyce" (S. T. Joshi), while H. P. Lovecraft himself wrote that "Machen's narrative, a triumph of skilful selectiveness and restraint, accumulates enormous power as it flows on in a stream of innocent childish prattle". Indeed, the story had a vast influence on the work of Lovecraft, who adopted some of Machen's techniques and terminology for use in his Cthulhu Mythos tales, particularly 'The Dunwich Horror'.
- ISBN13 9798638437572
- Publish Date 13 May 2020 (first published 1 June 2004)
- Publish Status Temporarily Withdrawn
- Imprint Independently Published
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 80
- Language English