The Childermass. Section I
| Title | The Childermass. Section I |
| Year for Search | 1928 |
| Authors | Lewis, [Percy] Wyndham(1882-1957) |
| Tertiary Authors | Lewis, Wyndham |
| Date Published | 1928 |
| Publisher | Chatto and Windus |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | English author, Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Dystopia after death in Purgatory, which is depicted as a completely unstable wasteland where everything and everyone may change without warning. The protagonists find their way to the "camp", which is at least stable, but ruled by "The Bailiff", who is in conflict with Hyperides and his followers. The novel continues with the same characters in The Human Age Book Two Monstre Gai Book Three Malign Fiesta. London: Methuen, 1955. An additional planned volume, The Trial of Man, was never published. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. as The Human Age Book One Childermass. London: Methuen, 1956. U.S. ed. New York: Covici-Friede, 1928. |
| Title Note | Rpt. as The Human Age Book One Childermass. London: Methuen, 1956. |
| Author Note | The author (1882-1957) was born in the U.S., although there is a story that he was born in a yacht in Canadian waters, and lived in England from about age ten. |
| Full Text | 1928 Lewis, [Percy] Wyndham (1882-1957). The Childermass. Section I. London: Chatto and Windus. Rpt. as The Human Age Book One Childermass. London: Methuen, 1956. U.S. ed. New York: Covici-Friede, 1928. Dystopia after death in Purgatory, which is depicted as a completely unstable wasteland where everything and everyone may change without warning. The protagonists find their way to the “camp”, which is at least stable, but ruled by “The Bailiff”, who is in conflict with Hyperides and his followers. The novel continues with the same characters in The Human Age Book Two Monstre Gai Book Three Malign Fiesta. London: Methuen, 1955. An additional planned volume, The Trial of Man, was never published. The author was born in the U.S., although there is a story that he was born in a yacht in Canadian waters, and lived in England from about age ten. |
