Bernard Edward Joseph Capes

At a Winter's Fire (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

It so fell that one dark evening in the month of June I was belated in the Bernese Oberland. Dusk overtook me toiling along the great Chamounix Road, and in the heart of a most desolate gorge, whose towering snow-flung walls seemed -- as the day sucked inwards to a point secret as a leech's mouth -- to close about me like a monstrous amphitheater of ghosts. . . .'Bernard Edward J. Capes is generally remembered as a writer of eerie fiction, and, as you can see, he had a feel for the form. Included in this volume of his short fiction are 'The Moon Stricken,' 'Jack and Jill,' 'The Vanishing House,' 'Dark Dignum,' 'William Tyrwhitt's 'Copy, '' 'A Lazy Romance,' 'Black Venn,' 'An Eddy on the Floor,' 'Dinah's Mammoth,' 'The Black Reaper,' and 'A Voice from the Pit. (Goodreads)

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OTB eBook publishing
• Seitenzahl: 138
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783962722753
• Artikelnr.: 50890652

Autorenporträt

Bernard Edward Joseph Capes (1854 - 1918) was an English novelist and short story writer known for his involvement in the genre of supernatural and gothic fiction. With an extensive oeuvre that encompassed various genres, including adventure, drama, and crime, Capes holds a significant place in early 20th-century literature. One of his notable contributions to the horror genre is his collection of short stories, 'At a Winter's Fire' (1899), which showcases his talent for creating an eerie and atmospheric narrative. His literary style often involved a meticulous attention to detail and a penchant for exploring the darker aspects of human nature and the supernatural. Capes was a contemporary of more renowned writers such as H.G. Wells and Arthur Conan Doyle and was praised for his imaginative storytelling and ability to evoke a vivid sense of place. Though less well-known today, his works have been regarded as impactful within the context of Victorian and Edwardian ghost stories. Capes' stories often reveal a fascination with the unknown and a complex understanding of human psychology, serving as a bridge between the sensibilities of 19th-century gothic literature and the emerging modernist approach of the 20th century.