Bensonia

A growing space for exploring the work of the Benson family.

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Arthur Christopher Benson

Stories & Books

Out of the Sea: Short story from The Isles of Sunset (1904).

Where No Fear Was (1914) Book-length study on anxiety and fear presented as a free, downloadable PDF.

Correspondence & Ephemera 

Two Letters (1907) High quality scans with transcription and commentary. 

Book Pamphlet (1912) A period trifold advertisement for A. C. Benson books available from New York Publisher Putnam. 

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Robert Hugh Benson

The Traveller: Short story from The Light Invisible (1906).

Farrago of Fraud and Fancy: Spiritualism (1909)—A critical essay on the dangers of the movement.

Consolatrix Afflictorum: Short story from The Light Invisible (1906). 

Trying the Spirits: A review of Benson’s novel The Necromancers by Arthur Machen.

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Edward Frederic Benson

Mr. Tilly’s Seance: Short story from The Room in the Tower and Other Stories (1912).

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Margaret Benson

The Golden Dahabeah: A Short Story from her collection The Court of the King (1912)

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