Algernon Blackwood: Premium 11 Novels Collection (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. (Jimbo, The Education of Uncle Paul, The Human Chord, The Centaur, The Promise of Air, The Garden of Survival, The Bright Messenger and more)By Algernon Blackwood
Length105h 39m
About this audiobook
Algernon Blackwood: Premium 11 Novels Collection gathers the author's longer fiction into a rich panorama of Edwardian and interwar supernatural literature. These novels move beyond conventional ghostly apparatus toward mystical ecology, psychic awakening, childhood vision, and the fragile borders between material life and unseen reality. Written in a prose style at once lyrical, philosophical, and quietly suspenseful, the collection situates Blackwood among the great architects of weird fiction, while revealing his kinship with Romanticism, Theosophy, and early modern spiritual speculation. Blackwood's extraordinary life profoundly shaped this imaginative world. Born in 1869, he worked as a journalist, farmer, hotelier, and adventurer, and travelled widely through Canada, Europe, and the Caucasus. His fascination with nature, occult thought, and altered states of perception supplied the experiential foundation for fiction in which forests, mountains, music, and silence become portals to metaphysical enlargement rather than mere settings. This collection is recommended to readers seeking supernatural fiction of intellectual and spiritual ambition. Admirers of Arthur Machen, Lord Dunsany, and early psychological horror will find here a visionary body of work that rewards slow, attentive reading.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreHorror, General Fiction
Length105 hrs 39 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 21, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Ghost of Abel: A Revelation In the Visions of Jehovah Seen by William Blake (Annotated)
26CHAPTER IV
2Algernon Blackwood: Premium 11 Novels Collection
27CHAPTER V
3Jimbo: A Fantasy
28CHAPTER VI
4CHAPTER I "RABBITS"
29CHAPTER VII
5CHAPTER II MISS LAKE COMES—AND GOES
30CHAPTER VIII
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6CHAPTER III THE SHOCK
31CHAPTER IX
7CHAPTER IV ON THE EDGE OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS
32CHAPTER X
8CHAPTER V INTO THE EMPTY HOUSE
33CHAPTER XI
9CHAPTER VI HIS COMPANION IN PRISON
34CHAPTER XII
10CHAPTER VII THE SPELL OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
35CHAPTER XIII
11CHAPTER VIII THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT MEMORIES
36CHAPTER XIV
12CHAPTER IX THE MEANS OF ESCAPE
37CHAPTER XV
13CHAPTER X THE PLUNGE
38CHAPTER XVI
14CHAPTER XI THE FIRST FLIGHT
39CHAPTER XVII
15CHAPTER XII THE FOUR WINDS
40CHAPTER XVIII
16CHAPTER XIII PLEASURES OF FLIGHT
41CHAPTER XIX
17CHAPTER XIV AN ADVENTURE
42CHAPTER XX
18CHAPTER XV THE CALL OF THE BODY
43CHAPTER XXI
19CHAPTER XVI PREPARATION
44CHAPTER XXII
20CHAPTER XVII OFF!
45CHAPTER XXIII
21CHAPTER XVIII HOME
46CHAPTER XXIV
22The Education of Uncle Paul
47CHAPTER XXV
23CHAPTER I
48CHAPTER XXVI
24CHAPTER II
49CHAPTER XXVII
25CHAPTER III
50CHAPTER XXVIII
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