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 The Collected Macabre Stories
- L.P. Hartley
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- With an Introduction by Mark
Valentine
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- Perhaps
best known for his 'perfectly realised' novel of
Edwardian childhood The
Go-Between, L.P. Hartley was also a much admired
adept of the macabre short story. Hartley was no
dilettante in the genre: he was well-versed in its long
and distinguished tradition, and these carefully crafted
tales represent some of the most successful attempts to
carry the ghost story into the twentieth century.
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- The
Collected Macabre Stories includes thirty-seven of
Hartley's best tales, ranging from the well-known,
traditional ghost stories 'The Cotillon' and 'Feet
Foremost', through the dark humour of 'The Travelling
Grave' and 'The Killing Bottle' to the Aickmanesque 'The
Pylon'. These encompass a wide range of settings, from
English Country Houses to Venetian Palaces. Two
accomplished fantasies, 'Conrad and the Dragon' and 'The
Crossways' display Hartley's range and versatility. Taken
as a whole, the collection represents one of the most
impressive achievements of twentieth-century macabre
fiction.
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- This is
our second printing of The Collected Macabre
Stories of L.P. Hartley. It is a sewn hardback book
of 498+xv pages.
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- Price
£35/$70 inc. p&p.
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- ISBN
9781872621623
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- Reviews:
- "Tartarus Press’s fine edition of
Hartley’s stories deserves the widest possible
readership." - Scott Connors, Weird
Tales, 2006
- "One
of the undisputed books of the year, for which demand
will surely outstrip the initial printing; if you haven't
ordered it already, do so without delay. Well done,
Tartarus - yet again." - Steve Duffy,
All Hallows, October 2002.
- "Cats
and Coffins. The Collected Macabre Stories is a
handsome-looking book, decently bound and properly sewn."
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Times Literary
Supplement, April 12, 2002.
- "In short, this collection, introduced by
Mark Valentine, is a celebration of the darkly comedic,
the tragic, and the unknown -- a chronicle of midnight
encounters between the haunters and the haunted better
known for his mainstream novels than for the work where
he truly stood out." - William Simmons,
Infinity
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1st July 2008
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