Jimbo
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (594 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1533420831 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 142 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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His most personal works, however, are his 'mystical' novels, for example The Centaur, where he explores man's empathy with the forces of the universe. His parents, converts to a Calvinistic sect, led an austere life, ill-suited to their dreamy and sensitive son. A Prisoner in Fairyland was adapted into the play (later the musical), Starlight Express. The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories, published
T. S. Joshi has stated that "his work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer's except Dunsany's"1 and that his short story collection Incredible Adventures (1914) "may be the premier weird collection of this or any other century". Algernon Henry Blackwood, CBE (14 March 1869 – 10 December 1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. He was also a journalist and a broadcasting narrator
The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories, published in 1906, was followed by a series of psychic detective stories, featuring John Silence, 'physician extraordinary'. Later, he was to draw on these beliefs and experiences in his writing. . He received a knighthood in 1949. About the Author Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was born into a well-to-do Kentish family. Chiefly known for his ghost stories, Blackwood wrote in many different forms within the genre. A Prisoner in Fairyland was adapted into the play (later the musical), Starlight Express. Blackwood also wrote children's fiction. His parents, converts to a Calvinistic sect, led an austere life, ill-suited to their dreamy and sensitive son. Late