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Delphi Complete Works of Algernon Blackwood EU
The Master of the Supernatural, Algernon Blackwood was one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. This comprehensive eBook presents the complete fictional works of Algernon Blackwood, numerous illustrations, rare tales appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2)* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Blackwood’s life and works
* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts
* ALL 14 novels, with individual contents tables
* Rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing
* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Children’s works such as SAMBO AND SNITCH are fully illustrated with their original artwork
* Rare short story collections – explore the weird fiction of the master short story writer
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories
* Easily locate the short stories you want to read
* Includes Blackwood’s autobiography EPISODES BEFORE THIRTY – discover Blackwood’s personal and literary life
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
* UPDATED with 3 short story collections, a rare play and revised texts
The Novels
Jimbo (1909)
The Education of Uncle Paul (1909)
The Human Chord (1910)
The Centaur (1911)
A Prisoner in Fairyland (1913)
Julius Le Vallon (1916)
The Wave (1916)
The Promise of Air (1918)
The Garden of Survival (1918)
The Bright Messenger (1921)
Dudley & Gilderoy (1929)
The Children’s Novels
The Extra Day (1915)
Sambo and Snitch (1927)
The Fruit Stoners (1934)
The Short Story Collections
The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories (1906)
The Listener and Other Stories (1907)
John Silence (1908)
The Lost Valley and Other Stories (1910)
Pan’s Garden (1912)
Ten Minute Stories (1914)
Incredible Adventures (1914)
Day and Night Stories (1917)
Wolves of God, and Other Fey Stories (1921)
Tongues of Fire and Other Sketches (1924)
Shocks (1935)
The Doll and One Other (1946)
Miscellaneous Stories
The Short Stories
List of Short Stories in Chronological Order
List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order
The Play
Karma (1918)
The Autobiography
Episodes before Thirty (1923)
* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts
* ALL 14 novels, with individual contents tables
* Rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing
* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Children’s works such as SAMBO AND SNITCH are fully illustrated with their original artwork
* Rare short story collections – explore the weird fiction of the master short story writer
* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories
* Easily locate the short stories you want to read
* Includes Blackwood’s autobiography EPISODES BEFORE THIRTY – discover Blackwood’s personal and literary life
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
* UPDATED with 3 short story collections, a rare play and revised texts
The Novels
Jimbo (1909)
The Education of Uncle Paul (1909)
The Human Chord (1910)
The Centaur (1911)
A Prisoner in Fairyland (1913)
Julius Le Vallon (1916)
The Wave (1916)
The Promise of Air (1918)
The Garden of Survival (1918)
The Bright Messenger (1921)
Dudley & Gilderoy (1929)
The Children’s Novels
The Extra Day (1915)
Sambo and Snitch (1927)
The Fruit Stoners (1934)
The Short Story Collections
The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories (1906)
The Listener and Other Stories (1907)
John Silence (1908)
The Lost Valley and Other Stories (1910)
Pan’s Garden (1912)
Ten Minute Stories (1914)
Incredible Adventures (1914)
Day and Night Stories (1917)
Wolves of God, and Other Fey Stories (1921)
Tongues of Fire and Other Sketches (1924)
Shocks (1935)
The Doll and One Other (1946)
Miscellaneous Stories
The Short Stories
List of Short Stories in Chronological Order
List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order
The Play
Karma (1918)
The Autobiography
Episodes before Thirty (1923)
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Published January 2, 2022
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About the author
Algernon Blackwood
1,291 books1,154 followersAlgernon Henry Blackwood (1869–1951) 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 literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, "His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer's except Dunsany's" and that his short story collection Incredible Adventures (1914) "may be the premier weird collection of this or any other century".
Blackwood was born in Shooter's Hill (today part of south-east London, but then part of northwest Kent) and educated at Wellington College. His father was a Post Office administrator who, according to Peter Penzoldt, "though not devoid of genuine good-heartedness, had appallingly narrow religious ideas." Blackwood had a varied career, farming in Canada, operating a hotel, as a newspaper reporter in New York City, and, throughout his adult life, an occasional essayist for various periodicals. In his late thirties, he moved back to England and started to write stories of the supernatural. He was very successful, writing at least ten original collections of short stories and eventually appearing on both radio and television to tell them. He also wrote fourteen novels, several children's books, and a number of plays, most of which were produced but not published. He was an avid lover of nature and the outdoors, and many of his stories reflect this.
H.P. Lovecraft wrote of Blackwood: "He is the one absolute and unquestioned master of weird atmosphere." His powerful story "The Willows," which effectively describes another dimension impinging upon our own, was reckoned by Lovecraft to be not only "foremost of all" Blackwood's tales but the best "weird tale" of all time.
Among his thirty-odd books, Blackwood wrote a series of stories and short novels published as John Silence, Physician Extraordinary (1908), which featured a "psychic detective" who combined the skills of a Sherlock Holmes and a psychic medium. Blackwood also wrote light fantasy and juvenile books.
Blackwood was born in Shooter's Hill (today part of south-east London, but then part of northwest Kent) and educated at Wellington College. His father was a Post Office administrator who, according to Peter Penzoldt, "though not devoid of genuine good-heartedness, had appallingly narrow religious ideas." Blackwood had a varied career, farming in Canada, operating a hotel, as a newspaper reporter in New York City, and, throughout his adult life, an occasional essayist for various periodicals. In his late thirties, he moved back to England and started to write stories of the supernatural. He was very successful, writing at least ten original collections of short stories and eventually appearing on both radio and television to tell them. He also wrote fourteen novels, several children's books, and a number of plays, most of which were produced but not published. He was an avid lover of nature and the outdoors, and many of his stories reflect this.
H.P. Lovecraft wrote of Blackwood: "He is the one absolute and unquestioned master of weird atmosphere." His powerful story "The Willows," which effectively describes another dimension impinging upon our own, was reckoned by Lovecraft to be not only "foremost of all" Blackwood's tales but the best "weird tale" of all time.
Among his thirty-odd books, Blackwood wrote a series of stories and short novels published as John Silence, Physician Extraordinary (1908), which featured a "psychic detective" who combined the skills of a Sherlock Holmes and a psychic medium. Blackwood also wrote light fantasy and juvenile books.
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