Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories by Algernon Blackwood

Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories by Algernon Blackwood

Algernon Henry Blackwood (1869-1951) was an English writer of tales of the supernatural. In his late thirties, Blackwood started to write horror stories. He was very successful, writing ten books of short stories and appearing on both radio and television to tell them. He also wrote fourteen novels and a number of plays, most of which were produced but not published. He was an avid lover of nature, and many of his stories reflect this. Although Blackwood wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. Good examples are the novels The Centaur (1911), which climaxes with a traveller's sight of a herd of the mythical creatures; and Julius LeVallon (1916) and its sequel The Bright Messenger (1921), which deal with reincarnation and the possibility of a new, mystical evolution in human consciousness. His best stories, such as those collected in the book Incredible Adventures (1914), are masterpieces of atmosphere, construction and suggestion.

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ISBN 13	9780142180150
ISBN 10	0142180157
Title	Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories
Author	Algernon Blackwood
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2002-08-27
Number of pages	400
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