Book description
An experiment into the sources of the human brain through the mind
of a young woman has gone horribly wrong. She has seen the great God
Pan and will die giving birth to a daughter, Helen Vaughan. Helen
Vaughan becomes the source of much fevered speculation when, twenty
years later, she is feted as a society hostess of great charm.
Born Arthur Llewelyn Jones in 1863, Machen became one of the most
influential writers of his generation. He interwove the dark landscapes
of his Monmouthshire childhood, together with his adult life in bohemian
fin-de-siecle London.
