The Man Who Went Too Far

"The Man Who Went Too Far" is a short story by the late British author E. F. Benson. First published in June 1904 in Pall Mall Magazine, it has been extensively reprinted in the years since "The Man Who Went Too Far" at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
H. P. Lovecraft, a fan of several of Benson's works, is said to have spoken highly of the story.
In his 1912 collection The Room in the Tower and Other Stories, Benson tells of how "The Man Who Went Too Far" was eventually developed into his 1905 novel The Angel of Pain .
==Synopsis==
"The Man Who Went Too Far" deals with a man who wishes to know all the secrets of nature and is often able to hear beautiful sounds of pipes, which he calls "the pipes of Pan". He draws ever closer to his "final revelation" until he is one day found dead, mangled by a strange shape that waddles off into the darkness. On his dead body are afterwards found prints as of hooves.
==References==
Category:E. F. Benson works
Category:Lovecraft's Inspirations (works)