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he stranger.--Elsewhere and other-wise.--Full circle.--Dr. Feldman.--A threefold cord.--Chemical.--Shocks.--The survivors.--The adventure of Tornado Smith.--Hands of death.--The land of green ginger.--The colonel's ring.--Revenge.--The man who lived backwards.--Adventures of Miss De Fontenoy.
A Prisoner in Fairyland (1913) is a novel by Algernon Blackwood. Having already established himself as a promising short story writer, Blackwood began publishing novels at the age of 40. A lifelong occultist, Blackwood was interested in the fine line between the human and spiritual realms, often incorporating supernatural elements into his work. A Prisoner in Fairyland is a story of a wealthy retiree's return to the wonderful imaginative world of his youth. Hoping to spend the rest of his life in service of others, he gets the old Starlight Express up and running again. "For, from boyhood up, a single big ambition had ever thundered through his being-the desire to be of use to others. To help his fellow-kind was to be his profession and career." Henry Rogers has always been a dreamer. On the brink of retirement, he plans to use his carefully accumulated wealth to fulfill his philanthropic destiny. Initially unsure of the shape of his charitable contribution to society, a trip to his childhood home changes everything. There, he finds the old train carriage where he would spend days at a time immersed in a world of fantasy and adventure. Back on the Starlight Express, Rogers plans to take deserving passengers to the wondrous realm of Fairyland. He soon discovers, however, that his impassioned beliefs-however well-intentioned-risk condemnation and persecution from those whose investments on Earth prevent them from indulging in imaginative excursions into the unknown. A Prisoner in Fairyland is a story for children and adults alike, a novel that poses timeless questions regarding the nature of our existence, both upon earth and beyond. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Algernon Blackwood's A Prisoner in Fairyland is a classic work of British literature reimagined for modern readers.
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.
Can people come back from the dead? Can they bring something or someone back from there? If so, can they reach out to people who are still alive?"The Return" and "The Second Generation" are two stories about supernatural occurrences, about people returning from a world, which most of us do not know. Algernon Blackwood sets the readers in a scary and dreadful atmosphere which only the bravest can endure.B. J. Harrison started his Classic Tales Podcast back in 2007, wanting to breathe new life into classic stories. He masterfully plays with a wide array of voices and accents and has since then produced over 500 audiobooks. Now in collaboration with SAGA Egmont, his engaging narration of these famous classics is available to readers everywhere.Algernon Blackwood was an English author who lived in the period 1869-1951. He left a large literary legacy behind, but he is to be remember mostly for stories about ghosts and supernatural occurrences. His personal life and the many travels he embarked on through the world had a major influence upon his works. He had a life-long interest in spiritualism and the occult, the reason for which can be seen in the fact that his father was a preacher. Blackwood wrote several novels, essays, children’s books, plays as well, but his ghost tales, which create "a weird atmosphere" are the ones that remain in the reader’s mind.
An aunt and her nephew embark on a weird adventure. They attempt to spend a night in a house which witnessed way more dangerous days. A man was murdered many years ago. And the aunt and her nephew want to find out if something or someone was left behind. How will their night end and will they see? Will they have the courage to stay inside or the house will not accept the self-invited guests?Find out the answers in "The Empty House", a ghost story by Algernon Blackwood.B. J. Harrison started his Classic Tales Podcast back in 2007, wanting to breathe new life into classic stories. He masterfully plays with a wide array of voices and accents and has since then produced over 500 audiobooks. Now in collaboration with SAGA Egmont, his engaging narration of these famous classics is available to readers everywhere.Algernon Blackwood was an English author who lived in the period 1869-1951. He left a large literary legacy behind, but he is to be remember mostly for stories about ghosts and supernatural occurrences. His personal life and the many travels he embarked on through the world had a major influence upon his works. He had a life-long interest in spiritualism and the occult, the reason for which can be seen in the fact that his father was a preacher. Blackwood wrote several novels, essays, children’s books, and plays but his ghost tales which create "a weird atmosphere" are the ones that remain in the reader’s mind.
One of Algernon Blackwood's masterfully written novels. It's an elaborate, beautifully written account of an out of body experience where an eight-year-old child with an extremely powerful imagination, nicknamed Jimbo, suffers a near fatal accident and the subsequent out of body experience. He finds himself with no memories and trapped in the Empty House.
Uebersetzung der Kurzgeschichte 'The Wendigo' von Algernon Blackwood, publiziert im Jahre 1910 in seinem Buch 'The Lost Valley and Other Strories'. Blackwood war ein englischer Autor, Esoteriker und Theosoph. Als Autor ist er für zahlreiche unheimliche Kurzgeschichten bekannt.Wendigo ist der Name eines daemonischen Wesens aus der indianischen Kultur und kommt seit Urzeiten in entsprechenden Erzaehlungen vor. Er ist ein "Menschenfresser" und boesartiger Geist, der die Menschen in den Wahnsinn treibt und selbst zu Kannibalen macht. Sein Aufenthaltsraum sind besonders die großen, dunklen Waelder. Ausdauernd und hartnaeckig verfolgt er Wanderer und Jaeger, wenn die Dunkelheit hereinbricht, um sie dann zu ueberfallen.
This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature.In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions.2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work.We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!
This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature.In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions.2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work.We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!
Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. Blackwood wrote a number of horror stories. His most work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. Table of Contents: ΓÇó A Psychical Invasion ΓÇó Ancient Sorceries ΓÇó The Nemesis of Fire ΓÇó Secret Worship ΓÇó The Camp of the Dog ΓÇó A Victim of Higher Space
Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. Blackwood wrote a number of horror stories. His most work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. Blackwood''s best known stories are "The Willows" and "The Wendigo". Table of Contents: ΓÇó The Empty House ΓÇó Keeping His Promise ΓÇó The Willows ΓÇó The Listener ΓÇó Max Hensig ΓÇó Secret Worship ΓÇó Ancient Sorceries ΓÇó The Wendigo ΓÇó The Glamour of the Snow ΓÇó The Transfer
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