H.P. Lovecraft declared Arthur Machen (1863-1947) to be a modern master who could create 'cosmic fear raised to it's most artistic pitch'. This initial volume of his work contains two short stories, the novella 'The Great God Pan', and an episodic novel, 'The Three Impostors'. In form something like a puzzle box, 'Impostors' cryptic connections and revelations were sometimes abridged. It's text here is complete. In these eerie and once-shocking stories, supernatural horror is a transmuting force powered by the core of life. To resist it requires great will from the living, for civilisation is only a new way to behave, and not one instinctive to life. Decency prevents discussion about such pressures, so each person must face such things alone. The comforts and hopes of civilisation are threatened and undermined by these ecstatic nightmares that haunt the living. This is nowhere more deftly suggested than through Machen's extraordinary prose, where the textures and dreams of the Old Ways are never far removed.
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Hardback Editions
July 2004 : Hardback
| Title: The Three Impostors Author(s): Arthur Machen ISBN: 0-8095-6498-X / 978-0-8095-6498-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Wildside Press Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 1965 : Hardback
| Title: Three Impostors Author(s): Arthur Machen ISBN: 0-212-35956-8 / 978-0-212-35956-1 (UK edition) Publisher: J Baker Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
1927 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions
October 2007 : Paperback
| Title: The Three Impostors Author(s): Arthur Machen ISBN: 0-486-46052-5 / 978-0-486-46052-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Dover Publications Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 2007 : Paperback
| Title: The Three Impostors and Other Stories: Vol. 1 of the Best Weird Tales of Arthur Machen (Call of Cthulhu Fiction) Author(s): Arthur Machen ISBN: 1-56882-132-8 / 9781568821320 (USA edition) Publisher: Chaosium Inc. Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2005 : Paperback
| Title: The Three Impostors Author(s): Arthur Machen ISBN: 1-59818-437-7 / 9781598184372 (USA edition) Publisher: Aegypan Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 2004 : Paperback
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September 1995 : Paperback
| Title: Machen: Three Impostors (Everyman's Library (Paper)) Author(s): Arthur Machen ISBN: 0-460-87718-6 / 978-0-460-87718-3 (UK edition) Publisher: Phoenix Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
1972 : Paperback
| Title: The Three Impostors Author(s): Arthur MacHen Publisher: Ballantine Books Availability: Amazon More details... |
1972 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: The Three Impostors Author(s): Arthur Machen ISBN: 0-345-02643-8 / 978-0-345-02643-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Ballantine Availability: Amazon More details... |
Other Editions
1964 : Unknown
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1964 : Unknown
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1923 : Unknown
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