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The White People

Frances Hodgson Burnett (1917)

SubgenreHistorical Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
Setting
CSM age16
Goodreads3.79
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

OccultWitchcraft

Positive tags

Mystery

Tropes

Forbidden MagicUnreliable NarratorLost Civilization

Themes

Innocence and CorruptionHidden KnowledgeThe SupernaturalFolk Horror

Synopsis

"The White People" is a horror short story by Welsh author Arthur Machen. Written in the late 1890s, it was first published in 1904 in Horlick's Magazine, edited by Machen's friend A. E. Waite, then reprinted in Machen's collection The House of Souls.

Tags

HorrorGothicOccult FictionWeird Fiction