![]() The book is featured in our collection of Halloween Stories. It's such a fantastic story that I wish to provide no other details lest I risk spoiling the story. In the story, Dr Raymond wishes to experience all that the world has to offer - this is what he means by "seeing the great god Pan." After studying the human mind, he performs brain surgery on a young woman but the surgery goes awry. the great god Pan."Īt the time of publication, Pan was popularly referenced in literature as a symbol of nature and paganism. The first line of every stanza in the poem ends: ". ![]() Machen takes the title from an 1862 poem A Musical Instrument by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. When published, the novella was denounced for both its style and content deemed by critics as too decadent and sexual. The story was also highly praised by H.P. Once referenced as "Maybe the best in the English language" by American author Stephen King, Machen's novella, The Great God Pan (written in 1890, revised 1894) is a horror story classic. ![]()
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