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The House of Souls

by Arthur Machen · 1922 · 286 pages

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Four of Machen's classic novellas (A Fragment of Life, The White People, The Great God Pan, and The Inmost Light) collected in one volume.

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Genre
horrorfantasyghostliterary fiction
Themes
gothic
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 286 pages
Form
short stories

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