Walter de la Mare Author
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| ISBN | 9789349919303 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Feel Classics |
| Publication date | October 2025 |
| Language | English |
| Page count | 232 |
A PSYCHOLOGICAL GOTHIC CLASSIC • A haunting tale of identity, possession, and the unknown, told with quiet terror and poetic precision.
The novel that established Walter de la Mare as a master of the literary uncanny.
“I have a curious feeling... as if I had come back—into my body.”
When Arthur Lawford wanders into a forgotten churchyard one afternoon, something inexplicable happens. He wakes with a changed face—and a disquieting sense that he is no longer entirely himself. What begins as a strange physical affliction soon spirals into a metaphysical crisis, as Lawford is caught between the memory of a long-dead criminal and the polite horror of his suburban life.
At its heart is the question: can the soul be haunted?
As suspicion, fear, and doubt tighten around him, Lawford must navigate the fraying edge between rationality and the supernatural, all while confronting a society that demands normalcy at any cost.
A slow-burning, introspective work of psychological suspense, The Return blends the gothic with the philosophical, the eerie with the intimate. First published in 1910, it remains one of the most quietly disturbing novels of its kind—a meditative ghost story about the terror of losing oneself, and the fragile boundaries that hold identity together.
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