The Maker of Moons (1896), by Robert W. Chambers
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ISBN10: 153293341X
ISBN13: 9781532933417
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Apr 25 2016
Pages: 146
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.31 Width: 7.99 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781532933417
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Apr 25 2016
Pages: 146
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.31 Width: 7.99 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
The Maker of Moons is an 1896 short story collection by Robert W. Chambers which followed the publication of Chambers' most famous work, The King in Yellow (1895). It contained eight new stories, including the title story The Maker of Moons, one of his finest weird tales, and several romantic Art Nouveau stories, concluding with two less distinguished weird tales. The latter were subsequently incorporated into the episodic novel In Search of the Unknown. The first three stories are linked by the theme of a dream wife who is named Ysonde, and they form a triptych. The weird nature of the first story has interesting echoes in the other two, which feature picturesque animal figures, such as a Red Ibis and a disagreeable porcupine. The story In The Name of the Most High is a war story set in the American Civil War. The next two stories are humorous romantic tales with a fishing theme and setting. Chambers' love of natural scenery illuminates most of the stories. The quality throughout is rather fine. Published by Putnam's, New York and London, in 1896. The first edition featured a frontispiece with a black and white illustration by Lancelot Speed.
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