The Hill of Dreams: A Roman City Built Inside a Boy's Head
Arthur Machen
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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A Welsh boy who cannot live in the world builds a Roman city in his head above his father's parish, moves to London, and writes a book nobody will read while the walls close in. Machen called it his one attempt at a Robinson Crusoe of the soul and could not place it with a publisher for years. It is the least supernatural of his books and by far the most frightening. Fifty-nine plates of mist, fog and moonlit lanes by painters from Friedrich to Grimshaw run alongside Machen's dream-city, matching its haunted inward weather.
A Welsh boy who cannot live in the world builds a Roman city in his head above his father's parish, moves to London, and writes a book nobody will read while the walls close in. Machen called it his one attempt at a Robinson Crusoe of the soul and could not place it with a publisher for years. It...
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Arthur Machen (1863-1947) was a Welsh writer born in Caerleon, Monmouthshire. He worked as a translator, actor and journalist, and his wartime story The Bowmen produced the legend of the Angels of Mons, which many took for fact. His works include The Great God Pan, The Three Impostors, The Hill of Dreams, and The White People.
Arthur Machen (1863-1947) was a Welsh writer born in Caerleon, Monmouthshire. He worked as a translator, actor and journalist, and his wartime story The Bowmen produced the legend of the Angels of Mons, which many took for fact. His works include The Great God Pan, The Three Impostors, The Hill o...
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