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MERRITT  \n(1884-1943)  \nContents  \nThe Novels  \nThe Moon Pool (1919)  \nThe Metal Monster (1920)  \nThe Ship of Ishtar (1924)  \nSeven Footprints to Satan (1927)  \nThe Face in the Abyss (1931)  \nDwellers in the Mirage (1932)  \nBurn, Witch, Burn! (1932)  \nCreep, Shadow! (1934)  \nThe Black Wheel (1949)  \nThe Shorter Fiction  \nThe Moon Pool-novelette version (1918) Conquest of the Moon (1919)  \nCosmos (1933)  \nThe Challenge from Beyond (1935)  \nThe Fox Woman and Other Stories (1949) Uncollected Short Stories  \nThe Poetry  \nThe Poetry of A. Merritt  \nThe Non-Fiction  \nMiscellaneous Articles  \nThe Autobiography  \nThe Autobiography of A. Merritt The Delphi Classics Catalogue  \n© Delphi Classics 2020  \nVersion 1  \nThe Complete Works of  \nA. MERRITT  \nBy Delphi Classics, 2020  \nCOPYRIGHT  \nComplete Works ofA. Merritt  \nFirst published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by Delphi Classics.  \n© Delphi Classics, 2020.  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form other than that in which it is published.  \nISBN: 978 1 91348 727 0  \nDelphi Classics  \nis an imprint of  \nDelphi Publishing Ltd  \nHastings, East Sussex  \nUnited Kingdom  \nContact: [sales@delphiclassics.com](sales@delphiclassics.com)  \n[www.delphiclassics.com](www.delphiclassics.com)  \nParts Edition Now Available!  \nLove reading A. Merritt?  \nDid you know you can now purchase the Delphi Classics Parts Edition of this author and enjoy all the novels, plays, non-fiction books and other works as individual eBooks? Now, you can select and read individual novels etc. and know precisely where you are in an eBook. You will also be able to manage space better on youreReading devices.  \nThe Parts Edition is only available direct from the Delphi Classics website.  \nFor more information about this exciting new format and to try free Parts Edition  \ndownloads, please visit this link.  \nRediscover the magic of these pioneering fantasy authors on your eReader!  \nExplore Classic Fantasy at Delphi Classics…  \nThe Novels  \nBeverly, Burlington County, New Jersey—Merritt’s birthplace  \nThe Moon Pool (1919)  \nAbraham Grace Merritt—better known under the by-line A. Merritt—was born in Beverly, New Jersey, in 1884 and his family relocated to Philadelphia ten years later. He was in fact originally trained in law, but he soon turned to journalism, first as a correspondent and later as an editor. While finishing work on his first novel, Merritt was employed as assistant editor of The American Weekly, where he remained until 1937, working under Morrill Goddard. Unlike many authors, his fiction, numbering eight complete novels and several short stories, was only a sideline to his journalism career. Merritt was one of the best-paid journalists of his era, earning an astonishing $25,000 per year by 1919, and at the end of his life he was recouping $100,000 yearly—an exceptional amount for the period. His financial success allowed him to pursue world travel, investing in real estate in Jamaica and Ecuador and exotic hobbies, such as cultivating orchids and plants linked to witchcraft and magic, as well as cannabis.  \nThe Moon Pool originally appeared as two short stories in the popular periodical All-Story Weekly: “The Moon Pool” (1918) and its sequel, “Conquest of the Moon Pool”(1919) . These tales were then reworked into a novel and released in 1919. The protagonist, Dr. Goodwin, would later appear in Merritt’s second novel The Metal Monster (1920) .  \nToday, the novel is recognised for its important contribution to the development of the “lost world” genre of English literature, following in the footsteps of BulwerLytton, Burroughs and Conan Doyle. The Moon Pool is narrated by the eminent scientist Walter Goodwin, as authorised by the \"Executive Council of the International Association of Scie","cbCaitu2VLV6HaPI","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitu2VLV6HaPI","pdf",2777439,196,"English","# Contents\n## The Novels\n## The Shorter Fiction\n## The Poetry\n## The Non-Fiction","[{\"question\":\"What works are included in The Complete Works of A. 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