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Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories

Algernon Blackwood S. T. Joshi S. T. Joshi

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English
Penguin
27 August 2002
By turns bizarre, unsettling, spooky, and sublime, Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories showcases nine incomparable stories from master conjuror Algernon Blackwood. Evoking the uncanny spiritual forces of Nature, Blackwood's writings all tread the nebulous borderland between fantasy, awe, wonder, and horror. Here Blackwood displays his best and most disturbing work-including ""The Willows,"" which Lovecraft singled out as ""the single finest weird tale in literature""; ""The Wendigo""; ""The Insanity of Jones""; and ""Sand.""

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators.
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Imprint:   Penguin
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 194mm,  Width: 131mm,  Spine: 23mm
Weight:   306g
ISBN:   9780142180150
ISBN 10:   0142180157
Pages:   400
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Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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Of the quality of Mr Blackwood's genius there can be no dispute; for no one has ever approached the skill, seriousness, and minute fidelity whith which he records the overtones of strangeness in ordinary things and experiences. <b> H.P. Lovecraft</b> To many, including H.P. Lovecraft, The Willows is the finest story in the canon of supernatural fiction. ( ) Blackwood himself is, arguably, the central figure in the British supernatural literature of the twentieth century. <b> Michael Dirda, <i>New York Review of Books</i></b>


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