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Algernon Henry Blackwood, (1869 -1951) was an English writer of supernatural fiction. Blackwood was also a journalist and a broadcasting narrator. Blackwood had a varied career, farming in Canada, operating a hotel, a newspaper reporter in New York, and essayist for various periodicals... Read Full Overview

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. S. T. Joshi has stated that "his... Read Full Overview

Algernon Blackwood was a short story writer and novelist, most noted for his stories "The Willows" and "The Wendigo". Here, presented for your enjoyment, is one of his great novels, "The Centaur". O'Malley is travelling on a cruise through the Greek islands when he meets two... Read Full Overview

Mystical fantasy utilizing classical motifs, the title figure a representation of the erdgeist. "One of the most effective of mystical novels, deeply felt, very nicely imagined." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction.

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Although Blackwood wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. Good examples are the novels The Centaur, which climaxes with a traveller's sight of a herd of the mythical creatures; and Julius LeVallon and its... Read Full Overview

Algernon Henry Blackwood, (1869 1951) was an English writer of supernatural fiction. Blackwood was also a journalist and a broadcasting narrator. Blackwood had a varied career, farming in Canada, operating a hotel, a newspaper reporter in New York, and essayist for various periodicals... Read Full Overview

"We may be in the Universe as dogs and cats are in our libraries, seeing the books and hearing the conversation, but having no inkling of the meaning of it all." -WILLIAM JAMES, A Pluralistic Universe "... A man's vision is the great fact about him. Who cares for Carlyle's reasons,... Read Full Overview

The Centaur is one of the greatest "mystical" works by Blackwood, wherein he explores man's empathy with the unknown forces of the universe. Algernon Henry Blackwood, CBE (14 March 1869 - 10 December 1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific... Read Full Overview