The Hill Of Dreams Contributor(s): Machen, Arthur (Author) |
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ISBN: 1636372597 ISBN-13: 9781636372594 Publisher: Bibliotech Press OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2022 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 9" (0.83 lbs) 168 pages |
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Publisher Description: The Hill of Dreams is a semi-autobiographical novel by the Welsh writer Arthur Machen. The novel recounts the life of a young man, Lucian Taylor, focusing on his dreamy childhood in rural Wales, in a town based on Caerleon. The Hill of Dreams of the title is an old Roman fort where Lucian has strange sensual visions, including ones of the town in the time of Roman Britain. Later, the novel describes Lucian's attempts to make a living as an author in London, enduring poverty and suffering in the pursuit of art and history. The Hill of Dreams was little noticed on its publication in 1907 save in a glowing review by Alfred Douglas. It was actually written between 1895 and 1897 and has elements of the style of the decadent and aesthetic movement of the period, seen through Machen's own mystical preoccupations. (wikipedia.org)
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