For most readers, the name Leslie Poles Hartley is associated with the remarkable novel The Go-Between, but few know that he began his career as a writer of macabre stories, some of which can confidently be called masterpieces of British...
mysticism of the 20th century. A vengeful ghost that consumes its victims from within, dinner with a corpse, a monster living on a secluded island… The stories included in this collection fall into various directions of mysticism and horror – traditional and surrealistic, serious and ironic, incorporating elements of fantasy and folklore tales about ghosts. However, the secret of Hartley's works' appeal is quite simple: he brings to light the most profound fears, studies them, shows them to the reader, and then returns them back to the darkness.
For most readers, the name Leslie Poles Hartley is associated with the remarkable novel The Go-Between, but few know that he began his career as a writer of macabre stories, some of which can confidently be called masterpieces of British mysticism of the 20th century. A vengeful ghost that consumes its victims from within, dinner with a corpse, a monster living on a secluded island… The stories included in this collection fall into various directions of mysticism and horror – traditional and surrealistic, serious and ironic, incorporating elements of fantasy and folklore tales about ghosts. However, the secret of Hartley's works' appeal is quite simple: he brings to light the most profound fears, studies them, shows them to the reader, and then returns them back to the darkness.
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