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 The Haunted Woman
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- by David Lindsay
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- With an Afterword by Douglas
Anderson
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- David
Lindsay's vision in The Haunted
Woman (1922) is a strange and personal one,
but very different from the alien landscapes of his
earlier and better- known novel A Voyage to
Arcturus. Set in the Sussex Downland of the
1920s, The Haunted Woman tells of Isbel
Loment's strange experiences at Runhill Court, a house
with ancient origins. Ascending a staircase that few can
see, she meets the owner of the house, Henry Judge, in
rooms which seem to exist only in another
dimension.
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- As with
Lindsay's other novels, The Haunted Woman
was appreciated by few in his lifetime.
But in recent decades readers and critics have come to
recognise how remarkable Lindsay's strange, metaphysical
writings really are. Outwardly more conventional than
A
Voyage to Arcturus, The Haunted Woman nevertheless
offers a glimpse of a supernatural world, hinting at
alternative existences, whilst remaining a very readable
novel of mystery and romance.
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- This new
edition of The Haunted Woman contains an
Afterword by Douglas A. Anderson, known for his work on
J.R.R. Tolkien and for reviving interest in lesser-known
fantasy and weird fiction writers. His most recent book
is Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern
Fantasy.
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- The
Haunted Woman is a sewn hardback book of 207 pages.
Limited to 300 copies. ISBN 9781872621821
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- Price
£27.50/$55 inc. p&p.
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- Review:
- "A
wonderful, undeservedly neglected interweaving masterwork
of spiritual and emotional psychosis that will well repay
the reader who immerses himself in its dark, wildly
imaginative nightmares." - William Simmons,
Hellnotes
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23rd March 2008
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