- The Doll Maker
- and Other Tales of the Uncanny
- by Sarban
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- Described by no less an authority than E.F. Bleiler
as “excellent”, “The Doll Maker” is the story of Clare Lydgate, a young
woman studying at boarding school for her Oxford scholarship
examinations. In the evenings, she escapes the school grounds by
climbing over the wall of Brackenbine Hall. It is here that she
encounters the charismatic and mysterious Niall Sterne, the “Doll Maker”
of the title. This is a subtle, intelligent and compelling tale of
horror. The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the
Supernatural describes Sarban’s stories as “nicely written, with
solid characterizations, convincingly detailed backgrounds . . . and a
fine sense of pacing and atmosphere.” It notes that “The Doll Maker” is
Sarban’s most intriguing work, and that Niall Sterne “offers no ordinary
seduction, and there is a delicate horror in his beautiful, sterile
doll-world, the antithesis of life itself.”
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- First published in 1953, ‘The Doll Maker’ appears
with ‘The Trespassers’, and ‘A House of Call’.
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- The Doll Maker
as a
272page, sewn hardback book.
- Printed lithographically on acid-free paper, with
headbands, tailbands, silk ribbon marker and dust
jacket
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- Second Tartarus printing. ISBN 9781872621708
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- Price £27.50/$50 inc. p&p.
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The
Doll Maker
as an
ebook (Please note that this will be emailed to you
manually!) Price £3.99
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