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''Fearful Pleasures'' is a collection of
fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...
and horror
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by author A. E. Coppard. It was released in
1946 Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...
and was the first collection of the author's stories to be published by
Arkham House Arkham House is an American publishing house specializing in weird fiction. It was founded in Sauk City, Wisconsin, in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei to publish hardcover collections of H. P. Lovecraft's best works, which had pr ...
. It was published in an edition of 4,033 copies.


Contents

''Fearful Pleasures'' contains the following tales: # "Foreword" # "Adam and Eve and Pinch Me" # "Clorinda Walks in Heaven" # "The Elixir of Youth" # "Simple Simon" # "Old Martin" # "The Bogie Man" # "Polly Morgan" # "The Gollan" # "The Post Office and the Serpent" # "Crotty" # "Shinkwin" # "Ahoy, Sailor Boy!" # "Gone Away" # "Rocky and the Bailiff" # "Ale Celestial" # "The Fair Young Willowy Tree" # "Father Raven" # "The Drum" # "Cheese" # "The Homeless One" # "The Kisstruck Bogie" # "The Tiger" # "The Gruesome Pit"


Reception

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'' reviewer Helen B. Parker praised Coppard's "great propensity for capturing with lucidity the folk speech of the British Isles", concluding that the collection contained "more than enough poetry of language. His is the rare, musical style that almost demands reading aloud"."Of Ghoulies and Ghosties", ''
The New York Times Book Review ''The New York Times Book Review'' (''NYTBR'') is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to the Sunday edition of ''The New York Times'' in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely rea ...
'', December 15, 1946


References

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