The Hill of Dreams
Arthur Machen's The Hill of Dreams (1907) is a horror and classic fantasy novel. Readers will find themes of Biographical, wales, authors and dreams.
Open Library readers give it an average of 3.7 out of 5 from 9 ratings, and 41 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 200 editions.
At about 176 pages, most readers finish it in 3–4 hours. A free LibriVox audiobook (7 h 06 min) is available.
About The Hill of Dreams
Lucian Taylor is damned, either through contact with an erotically pagan faerie world or through something degenerate in his own nature. He thinks of the damning thing inside him as a faun. He becomes a writer, and when he moves to London he becomes trapped by the increasing reality of the dark imaginings of this creature within him, which become increasingly real. The portrait of a doomed artist: a man not unlike Machen himself.
Free audiobook
The Hill of Dreams — LibriVox recording, 7 h 06 min in 8 sections.
Public-domain recording by volunteer readers. Listen online, download MP3s or stream from the Internet Archive.
Opening line
“THERE was a glow in the sky as if great furnace doors were opened.”
Quick answers
Who wrote The Hill of Dreams?
The Hill of Dreams was written by Arthur Machen and first published in 1907.
What genre is The Hill of Dreams?
It is usually shelved as Horror and Classic Fantasy.
How long is The Hill of Dreams?
The median edition has 176 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
Is there a free audiobook of The Hill of Dreams?
Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 7 h 06 min.
What books are similar to The Hill of Dreams?
Readers who like it often enjoy The Turn of the Screw, The King in Yellow and Dracula.
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