The Great God Pan/The Shining Pyramid/The White People (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781906998165)

A sensation when first published in 1894, this frightening story involves evil scientists and the women that become monsters at their hands. An experiment into the sources of the human brain through the mind of a young woman has gone horribly wrong--she has witnessed the God Pan and will die giving birth to a daughter, Helen Vaughan. Twenty years later Helen becomes the source of much fevered speculation when she is feted as a society hostess of great charm. Many men are infatuated with her beauty, but great beauty has a price. Linking horror with prurient sexuality, this classic of horror sheds light on late Victorian misogyny and the public's interest in theories of evolutionary degeneration.

Author: Arthur Machen
ISBN-10: 1906998167
ISBN-13: 9781906998165
Publisher: Parthian
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2010
Pages: 120
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.30w x 0.80d