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The Three Impostors: An Illustrated Edition with Author Biography, Summary and Character Guide
Paperback
ISBN13: 9787612807739
Publisher: Micheal Smith
Published: Sep 23 2026
Pages: 490
Weight: 1.24
Height: 0.99 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
- Illustrated edition - 20 evocative, vintage-style illustrations
- Includes a crisp summary for quick orientation
- Handy characters list (spoiler-light) for easy reference
- Brief author biography of Arthur Machen
Arthur Machen's classic 1895 thriller unfolds like a puzzle box: three elegant strangers drift through London, spinning mesmerizing tales that seem like chance anecdotes-until they snap together around a sinister hunt for a nameless young man. From quiet squares and book-stalls to shadowed clubs and shabby lodgings, the city becomes a living map of secrets, where folklore seeps through the cracks of modern life.
Inside this edition you'll find Machen's most celebrated embedded tales-The Novel of the Black Seal and The Novel of the White Powder-stories of forbidden knowledge, ancient survivals, and a harmless remedy that curdles into horror. The result is urban Gothic at its most elegant: witty on the surface, dreamlike underneath, and unforgettable when the pieces finally lock into place.
What it's really aboutIdentity and imposture; the thinness of polite society; and the thrilling notion that ordinary streets can open onto older, stranger worlds.
Perfect for fans of Gothic mysteries, occult fiction, urban fantasy roots, and the elegant dread of writers like Robert Louis Stevenson and H. P. Lovecraft.
Step into London's maze. Every story is a clue. Every encounter, a mask. And somewhere behind it all, the truth waits-watching.
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