In a vibrant followup to his edition of Marjorie Bowens The Grey Chamber (2021), John C. Tibbetts has assembled a second volume this unjustly forgotten British writers work. Here we find selections from halfadozen of her most vivid and provocative novels, including such vivid historical works as The Viper of Milan (1906) and The Poisoners (1936). Presented in full is The Devil Snard (1932), a novel of supernatural horror that, in the words of Virginia Woolf, "comes from the force with which it makes us realize the power that our minds possess for such excursions into the darkness."There follow an expansive series of recollections of Bowen and critical analyses of her work, from such distinguished writers as Graham Greene, Rebecca West, Michael Sadleir (who writes on "Marjorie Bowens Tales of Terror"), and Jessica Amanda Salmonson. In an appendix to this volume, Tibbetts transcribes the letters between Bowen and the American literary critic Edward Wagenknecht, covering the period 194548 and discussing the grim postwar period in England as well as the possibility of Arkham House publishing some of Bowens work. Tibbetts concludes the volume with an exhaustive bibliography of her work.Along with The Grey Chamber, this volume provides some of the most illuminating documents relating to the life and work of Marjorie Bowen, one of the most distinctive writers of her generation.John C. Tibbetts is a professor at the University of Kansas and the author of The Furies of Marjorie...

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