The Outer Darkness

Wright, R.H.

Published by Greening & Co, London, 1906

About this Item

A foundational early fantasy novel, credited by George Locke, along with two other books, as one of the forerunners "of the mystical but very imaginative interplanetary which was to culminate in David Lindsay's A Voyage to Arcturus." A found manuscript novel of a cruel man sentenced in his afterlife to another planet, ruled by a cruel, capricious queen described by a contemporary reviewer as "a she-fiend, a blend of Circe and 'She,' omnipotent and omniscient in her own domain. So long as her subjects do not displease her, they enjoy themselves to their heart's content in the indulgence of their desires; but for the slightest offence they are tortured to death or consigned to perpetual misery immured in the most loathsome hells." Internally very good, solid textblock. Soiled cover has benefited from a light, expert cleaning, with reinforcement to inner hinges.

Seller Inventory # 014991

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Outer Darkness
• Publisher: Greening & Co, London
• Publication Date: 1906
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket