- 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/$60 inc. p&p.
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- ISBN
9781872621623
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- Reviews
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- "Tartarus Press’s fine
edition of Hartley’s stories deserves the
widest possible readership."
- Scott
Connors,
Weird
Tales,
2006
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- "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.
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- "Cats and Coffins. The
Collected Macabre Stories is a
handsome-looking book, decently bound and
properly sewn." -
Times Literary
Supplement, April 12,
2002.
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- "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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