The Hill Of Dreams - Arthur Machen - Bog

The Hill of Dreams is a novel written by Arthur Machen, first published in 1907. The story follows the life of a young writer named Lucian Taylor, who lives in poverty and dreams of becoming a successful author. Lucian spends his days wandering the Welsh countryside, exploring ancient ruins and immersing himself in the natural beauty of his surroundings.As he struggles to make a name for himself in the literary world, Lucian's dreams and reality begin to blur together, and he becomes increasingly obsessed with the idea of a mystical, otherworldly realm that he believes exists just beyond the physical world. He becomes convinced that he can access this realm through his writing, and begins to pour all of his energy and creativity into his work.As Lucian's obsession with his writing and his dreams intensifies, he becomes increasingly isolated from the world around him, and his mental and physical health begins to deteriorate. The novel explores themes of creativity, madness, and the blurred line between reality and fantasy.Machen's writing is known for its vivid descriptions of the Welsh countryside and its mystical, otherworldly elements. The Hill of Dreams is considered a classic of the supernatural genre, and has been praised for its haunting and atmospheric prose.But already about he town the darkness was forming; fast, fast the shadows crept upon it from the forest, and from all sides banks and wreaths of curling mist were gathering, as if a ghostly leaguer were being built up against the city, and the strange race who lived in its streets. Suddenly there burst out fro the stillness the clear an piercing music of the r�����veill�����, calling, recalling, iterated, reiterated, and ending with one long high fierce shrill note.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.