{"product_id":"the-three-impostors-or-the-arthur-machen-9781644399934","title":"The Three Impostors or The Transmutations","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Three Impostors is an episodic novel by British horror fiction writer Arthur Machen, first published in 1895 in the Bodley Head's Keynote Series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eControversy: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublisher John Lane, wary of the atmosphere following the trial of Oscar Wilde, asked Machen to censor his manuscript. Barring the omission of one word, Machen refused to do this.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Things Near and Far Machen wrote: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It was in the early spring of 1894 that I set about the writing of the said \"Three Impostors,\" a book which testifies to the vast respect I entertained for the fantastic, \"New Arabian Nights\" manner of R. L. Stevenson, to those curious researches in the byways of London which I have described already, and also, I hope, to a certain originality of experiment in the tale of terror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel incorporates several inset weird tales and culminates in a final denouement of deadly horror, connected with a secret society devoted to debauched pagan rites. The three imposters of the title are members of this society who weave a web of deception in the streets of London-retailing the aforementioned weird tales in the process-as they search for a missing Roman coin commemorating an infamous orgy by the Emperor Tiberius and close in on their prey: \"the young man with spectacles\". (wikipedia.org)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arthur Machen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1644399938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644399934\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indoeuropeanpublishing.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Arthur Machen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44074579722495,"sku":"9781644399934","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f5a786a7-3747-455b-a437-3aa4d10d8b3b.jpg?v=1685454573","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-three-impostors-or-the-arthur-machen-9781644399934","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}