Complete John Silence Stories Blackwood AlgernonPaperback
Complete John Silence Stories Blackwood AlgernonPaperback One of the former British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) wrote stories in which the…
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Complete John Silence Stories Blackwood AlgernonPaperback
One of the former British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding atmosphere of almost unendurable tension. Edited and with an informative introduction by S. T. Blackwood's literary renown began in 1908 with the publication of a highly successful collection of stories, John Silence -- Physician Extraordinary, featuring a psychic doctor.This volume contains all five of the John Silence stories from the 1908 edition plus one additional tale.
In Ancient Sorceries, he encounters a man who tells of strange experiences in a small French town; and in Secret Worship, an ill-starred character is Joshi, noted occult fiction authority, the stories include A Psychical Invasion, in which Silence is summoned to a house apparently haunted by former tenants.