Name: The Whisperers and Other Stories: A Lifetime of the Supernatural (British Library Hardback Classics)
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Author: Blackwood, Algernon ; Ashley, Mike
ISBN: 9780712354264

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The Whisperers and Other Stories: A Lifetime of the Supernatural (British Library Hardback Classics)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Algernon Blackwood

Illustrated by

Mike Ashley

Publisher

British Library

Year

2022

Language

English

Pages

288

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

21.3 x 15.5 x 3.3 cm

Weight

0.82 kg.

ISBN13

9780712354264

Synopsis "The Whisperers and Other Stories: A Lifetime of the Supernatural (British Library Hardback Classics) "

'Back from the shouting floor and ceiling came the chorus of images that stormed and clamoured for expression. Jones lay still and listened; he let them come. There was nothing else to do.' Algernon Blackwood was one of the most influential writers of twentieth-century weird and supernatural fiction. He once told a correspondent that every story he wrote was based on either a personal experience or that of someone he knew, and thus the vast collection of short stories and novels published in his lifetime can be seen to form a kind of autobiography. In this collection of his most atmospheric and uneasy tales, Mike Ashley provides the facts of Blackwood's life which inspired each story - including experiences as an intelligence agent in the First World War and adventures in New York - to tell the parallel tale of the author's lifetime of the supernatural.

Algernon Blackwood

(Author)

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(United Kingdom, 1869 - 1951). Writer of fantastic tales, journalist, and radio broadcaster. He narrated his own writings on radio and television and wrote an autobiography of his early years. His work, The Willows, is considered one of the best horror stories in history. He was a major influence on H.P. Lovecraft, who described him as "the unquestionable and absolute master of spectral atmosphere".

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