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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting…
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Another masterpiece, this one out of print, apparently, but available free online (God bless the internet). Machen leads you into another tale of doom and dread with a sympathetic heroine, establishes a mystery treading lightly, pulling back the curtain little by little, and not revealing the full horror until the end.
It is quite masterful. It is almost Lovecraftian in its depiction of hidden, ancient races with terrible powers. The mystery of the bust, in particular, is quite well handled.
This is classic slow-burn horror.
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