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The Great God Pan

Arthur Machen

The Great God Pan

Paper book: €14.99

Digital: €3.99

Original publication
1894
Monolingual
12 June 2026
Pages
164
Difficulty
Hard
Genres
Horror, Philosophy
Moods
Get the chills, Think it through
Translated from
English

Book summary

In his laboratory, Dr Raymond operates on the brain of a young girl, Mary, so that she can see the world hidden behind our own, what the ancients called “seeing the god Pan”. Years later, in London, men from good society take their own lives one after another, and each time the same woman seems to have crossed their path.

Told in fragments, like an investigation, this short tale builds fear touch by touch. Lovecraft admired it, and it is one of the great classics of supernatural fiction.

With the translation always in front of you, you can enjoy the shivers in the language you are learning.

The plot

En lege vil vise en skjult verden. Doktor Raymond tror at en usynlig verden skjuler seg bak vår. Han opererer hjernen til den unge Mary, slik at hun kan se den.

The world of the book

Fra skogene i Wales til gatene i London. Pan er en gresk gud for den ville naturen, halvt menneske, halvt bukk. I boken betyr «å se guden Pan» å se det den synlige verden skjuler.

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