The Three Impostors; or, The Transmutations (Annotated)

Arthur Machen's The Three Impostors; or, The Transmutations is a labyrinthine fin-de-siècle novel of pursuit, disguise, and occult insinuation, structured as a sequence of interlocking tales within a frame narrative. Its episodic form recalls Stevenson and the Gothic romance, yet its atmosphere belongs decisively to Decadent London: foggy streets, clandestine societies, and revelations that sugges...