Strangers and Pilgrims
 Tales by
 Walter de la Mare
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 Introduction by Mark Valentine
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 'Walter de la Mare's stories have a claim to be the
 most subtle and strangely powerful depictions of the supernatural in 
English fiction of the twentieth century.' So says Mark Valentine in his
 introduction to these thirty-one uncanny tales. Amongst this selection 
are some of the best known of de la Mare's stories: 'Seaton's Aunt', 
'Out of the Deep', 'All Hallows', and also some of the more obscure: 
'Miss Jemima', 'A Game at Cards', Alice's Godmother'. All illustrate the
 writer's enigmatic relationship with alternative layers of existence 
and a sense of the unknown, conveyed in beautifully restrained prose.
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 There are few overt exterior forces encountered; de
 la Mare's characters 'do not have to face monstrosities of any sort: 
but they are haunted nevertheless; by loneliness, by lovelessness, by 
loss.' This concentration on 'queerness and quiet tragedy' is tempered 
by the writer's poetic powers of description, particularly his depiction
 of the English countryside. Strangers and Pilgrims is the definitive collection of de la Mare's supernatural and psychological stories.
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 Contents: Introduction, A:B:O., The Moon's Miracle,
 The Riddle, The Giant, The Quincunx, The Pear-Tree, The Bird of Travel,
 Seaton's Aunt, The Vats, Promise at Dusk, The Creatures, Miss Jemima, 
The Looking-Glass, Out of the Deep, Winter, The Green Room, The 
Scarecrow, Alice's Godmother, Mr Kempe, A Recluse, All Hallows, The Game
 At Cards, Crewe, The House, 'What Dreams May Come', Strangers and 
Pilgrims, A Revenant, The Guardian, An Anniversary, Music, Bad Company, 
Bibliographical Information.
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 Cover artwork from Walter de la Mare's personal bookplate.

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