Project Gutenberg 2011-03-20 Public domain in the USA. 234 Machen, Arthur 1863 1947 The Terror: A Mystery Dave Haren and Marc D’Hooghe "The Terror: A Mystery" by Arthur Machen is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story unfolds against the backdrop of World War I, focusing on a mysterious series of terrifying events that plague a rural district in Wales. The narrative introduces themes of fear, paranoia, and the unknown, as local inhabitants grapple with unexplainable disappearances and deaths, suggesting a sinister force at play. The opening of the novel sets the stage by reflecting on the atmosphere of World War I, evoking a sense of dread and anticipation among the populace. Machen establishes a connection between the war and the inexplicable horrors that begin to child the small community of Meirion. As the protagonist becomes drawn to the deaths related to a lost child and a series of other strange occurrences, he hints at eerie phenomena involving seemingly ordinary events turned deadly, thereby creating a chilling sense of foreboding. The reader is introduced to a land overshadowed by terror, with curious hints that the events are tied not just to the war's brutality but perhaps to something even darker lurking in the shadows of society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en London (England) -- Fiction Murder -- Fiction Mystery fiction World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain -- Fiction Animals -- Great Britain -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: History - British Browsing: Fiction 241364 241478 2024-09-15T06:24:31.905591 2023-09-15T11:55:36.379908 text/html text/html 242026 2022-12-16T01:42:50 text/html 371614 2024-09-15T06:24:35.363548 application/epub+zip 371497 2024-09-15T06:24:32.442561 application/epub+zip 161213 2024-09-15T06:24:32.155581 application/epub+zip 436446 2024-09-15T06:24:37.978568 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 418359 2024-09-15T06:24:35.109567 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 211272 2022-09-16T10:05:02.505191 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 229492 229520 2024-09-15T06:24:31.631775 2023-09-15T11:55:36.082841 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 229238 2022-12-16T01:46:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19112 2024-09-15T06:24:38.105537 application/rdf+xml 18552 2024-09-15T06:24:32.255567 image/jpeg 2142 2024-09-15T06:24:32.202587 image/jpeg 86427 2022-12-16T01:47:27 application/octet-stream application/zip 536926 2022-12-16T01:47:48 application/octet-stream application/zip 537324 2024-09-15T06:24:31.932641 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia