The London Adventure

The first volume of Machen's memoirs, recalling his childhood in Gwent, the Roman ruins of Caerleon and his lonely, hungry first years as a writer in London.

Arthur Machen

The second volume of memoirs picks up his London years: odd jobs, the writing of his famous tales and the people he met. His most downloaded book on Project Gutenberg today.

Arthur Machen

A conversation with a London hermit about what separates literature from mere good writing. Machen's answer is ecstasy, and he tests it on Homer, Dickens, Rabelais and Poe.

Arthur Machen

Machen's first prose book, a mock-learned treatise on the art of smoking written in the style of seventeenth-century scholarship. A playful curiosity for readers who want to see where he started.

Arthur Machen