• Anglický jazyk

The Wolves of God, and Other Fey Stories

Autor: Algernon Blackwood

CONTENTS I: The Wolves of God II: Chinese Magic III: Running Wolf IV: First Hate V: The Tarn of Sacrifice VI: The Valley of the Beasts VII: The Call VIII: Egyptian... Viac o knihe

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CONTENTS I: The Wolves of God II: Chinese Magic III: Running Wolf IV: First Hate V: The Tarn of Sacrifice VI: The Valley of the Beasts VII: The Call VIII: Egyptian Sorcery IX: The Decoy X: The Man Who Found Out XI: The Empty Sleeve XII: Wireless Confusion XIII: Confession XIV: The Lane that ran East and West XV: "Vengeance is Mine" About the author 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 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". Throughout his adult life, he was an occasional essayist for periodicals. In his late thirties, he moved back to England and started to write stories of the supernatural. He was successful, writing at least ten original collections of short stories and later telling them on radio and television. He also wrote 14 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, as many of his stories reflect. To satisfy his interest in the supernatural, he joined The Ghost Club. He never married; according to his friends he was a loner, but also cheerful company. His two best-known stories are probably "The Willows" and "The Wendigo". He would also often write stories for newspapers at short notice, with the result th

  • Vydavateľstvo: Bibliotech Press
  • Rok vydania: 2023
  • Formát: Paperback
  • Rozmer: 229 x 152 mm
  • Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
  • ISBN: 9798888304846

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