{"product_id":"the-white-people-paperback","title":"The White People - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArthur Machen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn a secluded garden, a diary holds the final, ecstatic secret of a dark initiation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe White People\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is perhaps \u003cstrong\u003eArthur Machen's\u003c\/strong\u003e most celebrated and haunting work, taking the form of a frame narrative that presents a single, terrifying manuscript: the diary of a young girl.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe story begins with two men discussing the nature of sin and innocence, leading one to produce a handwritten notebook left behind by a girl who died mysteriously. The remainder of the story is the \u003cstrong\u003egirl's diary\u003c\/strong\u003e, which chronicles her life in an isolated country house and the strange, escalating lessons she learns from her nurse, a woman with a dark, pagan connection to the earth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe White People\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a foundational work of weird fiction, celebrated for its brilliant use of an unreliable, innocent narrator and its exploration of \u003cstrong\u003eatavism\u003c\/strong\u003e (the return to primitive ancestral traits). It suggests that the true horror is not external, but the terrifying beauty and ecstatic pull of the ancient, savage past that lies latent in the human soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 50\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.12 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 29, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45321887514763,"sku":"9781528704106","price":31.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/l2thn-AscU9781528704106.webp?v=1783264172","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/the-white-people-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}