The Great God Pan
Arthur Machen's The Great God Pan (1894) is a gothic fiction and ghost story novella. Much of the action takes place in London, England. It deals with austin osman spare, arthur machen, Pan and Occult.
Open Library readers give it an average of 3.5 out of 5 from 42 ratings, and 232 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 431 editions across 3 languages. On Project Gutenberg it was downloaded 18,963 times in the last 30 days.
At about 73 pages, most readers finish it in about an hour and a half. It is in the public domain, so you can read it free on Project Gutenberg or listen to the 1 h 59 min LibriVox audiobook.
About The Great God Pan
Arthur Machen's first book, THE GREAT GOD PAN, published in 1894, is still one of the greatest works of weird horror and decadence ever produced. Arthur Machen with his taste for the bizarre and macabre, unfurls the tale of a young girl cursed by her unnatural parentage to become a creature of shape-shifting, poly-sexual, demi-human evil.
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Quick answers
Who wrote The Great God Pan?
The Great God Pan was written by Arthur Machen and first published in 1894.
What genre is The Great God Pan?
It is usually shelved as Gothic Fiction, Ghost Stories, Horror and Occult Fiction.
How long is The Great God Pan?
The median edition has 73 pages, about about an hour and a half of reading at 250 words per minute.
Is The Great God Pan free to read?
Yes. It is in the public domain in the United States and can be read free on Project Gutenberg in EPUB, Kindle and HTML formats.
Is there a free audiobook of The Great God Pan?
Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 1 h 59 min.
What books are similar to The Great God Pan?
Readers who like it often enjoy In a Glass Darkly, The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Beetle. A Mystery.
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