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Things Near and Far
Written by Arthur Machen 1 audiobook with Academy Voices
Arthur Machen, born Arthur Llewellyn Jones, was a Welsh author and mystic of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. More about Arthur Machen →
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Things Near and Far

by Arthur Machen · read by John Young · 4 hr 21 min

Arthur Machen looks back on his life as a young writer in London. He recalls the streets he walked, the books he read, and the people he met on his way to becoming an author.

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Arthur Machen looks back on his life as a young writer in London. He recalls the streets he walked, the books he read, and the people he met on his way to becoming an author. Things Near and Far (1923) is the second of Machen's volumes of memoir, read by John Young. Four and a half hours. For listeners who like literary memoir. A good match for readers of Machen's fiction who want to meet the man behind it.

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Details
Length
4 hr 21 min
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Released
July 2026
Publisher
Academy Voices
Language
English
ISBN
9798240181016
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This edition of Things Near and Far by Arthur Machen is narrated by John Young.

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It runs 4 hr 21 min, unabridged, so you hear the complete text.

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