Descent into Hell
core novel 1937 The Novels of Charles Williams
Record
| First published | 1937 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.91 (2,464 ratings, collected 2026-11-01) |
| Internal chronology | 6 |
Synopsis
In Battle Hill, a suburb on the edge of London, a group of local people is preparing a new verse play by the poet Peter Stanhope. The hill seems to lie at a crossing of times, and figures from the past appear there. Pauline Anstruther, a young woman, has been haunted since childhood by the sight of her own double and dreads meeting it. Meanwhile a military historian advising on the staging is haunted by a presence that tempts him. The novel follows these people as the hill's strange pull works on each of them.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Novels of Charles Williams
- Series: The Novels of Charles Williams core; position 6 of 7 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Charles Williams
Notes
- From the series record (The Novels of Charles Williams): Seven standalone supernatural novels set in the modern world, published between 1930 and 1945, listed in order of publication.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Novels of Charles Williams: position 6 of 7: previous Shadows of Ecstasy (1933) · next All Hallows' Eve (1945)
Sources
- Black Gate: The Novels of Charles Williams
- Wikipedia: Charles Williams
- Wikipedia: Descent into Hell (novel)
- Science Fiction Encyclopedia
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