Arthur Machen: 165 books

My Misfortunes in Chiozza— Father Stephano— The Lazzaretto at Ancona— The

Supper at My Casino With M. M. and M. de Bernis, the French Ambassador— A

Countess Coronini— A Lover's Pique— Reconciliation— The First Meeting— A

A Fearful Misfortune Befalls Me— Love Cools Down— Leave Corfu and Return to Venice— Give Up the Army and Become a Fiddle

A timeless anthology of chilling tales known to torment the mind and stir up nightmarish visions that can never be unseen. Ghosts, murder, demonic possession, and psychological terror: these are just some of the subjects explored by the unparalleled writers in this superb collection. Lovers...

DEDICATION To ALFRED TURNER This is a book, my dear Turner, which I had in my heart to write for many years. The thought of it came to me with that Other thought that I was growing—rather, grown—old; that the curtain had definitely been rung down on all the days of my youth. And so I got into the...

The Memoirs of Casanova, though they have enjoyed the popularity of a bad reputation, have never had justice done to them by serious students of literature, of life, and of history. One English writer, indeed, Mr. Havelock Ellis, has realised that 'there are few more delightful books in the world, '...

My Fortune in Holland— My Return to Paris with Young Pompeat

The iconic Gothic horror classics that gave birth to the monstrous myths that still inhabit our nightmares. Tragic heroines, windswept moors, dark and stormy nights, castle prisons, and forbidden desires realized at the greatest cost—these are the elements of Gothic horror, given its finest...

In the third volume of Casanova’s Memoirs, “The Eternal Quest,” he gains popularity with prominent people by acting as an alchemist. However, all his success is once again lost through the follies of falling in lust with women and allowing his debts to rise—forcing him as always to travel and try to make money.

Madame Denis— Dedini— Zanovitch— Zen— I Am Obliged to Leave— I Arrive at

Portrait of the Pretended Countess Piccolomini— Quarrel and Duel— Esther

Cardinal Passianei— The Pope— Masiuccia— I Arrive At Naple

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...