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Algernon blackwood 18691951 a tale of horror in which a pleasant sojourn down the danube tumbles terrifyingly awry as the veil between this world and an unfathomably weird dimension is inadvertently pierced by an innocent pair of vacationers, the willows, arguably algernon blackwoods seminal contribution to supernatural literature, has had a. Algernon henry blackwood, cbe 14 march 1869 10 december 1951 was an english broadcasting narrator, journalist, novelist and short story writer, and among the most prolific ghost story writers in the history of the genre. The willows is a classic horror novella famous for being influential on a number of later writers, in particular horror author h. The tale consists of a party sailing in the danube who are. Stories are downloadable in the adobe acrobat pdf format and sized to. After leaving vienna, and long before you come to budapest, the danube enters a region of singular loneliness and desolation, where its waters spread away on all sides regardless of a main channel, and the country becomes a swamp for miles upon miles, covered by a vast sea of low willowbushes. Joshi stated, his work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writers except dunsanys. Pdf flowers for algernon book by daniel keyes free. Born in shooters hill today part of southeast london, but then part of northwest kent and educated at wellington college, algernon blackwood had a varied career, farming in canada, operating a hotel, and working as a newspaper reporter in new york city. By algernon blackwood illustrated online books in format pdf. Listen to willows version 2 by algernon blackwood at. Algernon blackwood warps the very foundation of metaphysical horror. The willows mask the others, but the others are feeling about for us. Pdf the willows book by algernon blackwood free download.
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