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Known as one of the key figures in the 'weird' horror movement that arose in England and the United States in the early twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood was known for inserting surprising, often sophisticated twists into his tales. The Damned tells the story of a haunted... Read Full Overview

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"I'm over forty, Frances, and rather set in my ways," I said good-naturedly, ready to yield if she insisted that our going together on the visit involved her happiness. "My work is rather heavy just now too, as you know. The question is, could I work there-with a lot of unassorted... Read Full Overview

Bill and Frances are visiting their widowed friend, who has just come back home. Her home, the Towers, seems to have kept her bigoted preacher husband's essence. Nothing ever happens in the Towers. The thing is, the most frightening thing here is the wait. They constantly expect... Read Full Overview

Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. Blackwood wrote a number of horror stories. His most work seeks less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. Excerpt:... Read Full Overview

Notion Press proudly brings to you timeless classics from ancient texts to popular modern classics. This carefully chosen collection of books is a celebration of literature, our tribute to the pioneers, the legends and the giants of the literary world. Apart from being the voice... Read Full Overview

The Damned

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.

The Damned by Algernon Blackwood is a great haunted house story along the lines of Turn of the Screw and the Haunting of Hill House. A brother and sister spend some time with a recently widowed friend. Her deceased husband was a strict fire and brimstone preacher who damned everyone... Read Full Overview

We are happy to announce this classic book. Many of the books in our collection have not been published for decades and are therefore not broadly available to the readers. Our goal is to access the very large literary repository of general public books. The main contents of our... Read Full Overview

"The Damned," also known as "Les Damn s" or "The Damned (Lords of the Street)," is a powerful and controversial French film directed by Ren Cl ment, adapted from the novel "Les Maudits" by the writer, director, and Resistance fighter, Pierre Unik. The film delves into the moral... Read Full Overview

Algernon Henry Blackwood, CBE was an English broadcasting narrator, journalist, novelist and short story writer, and among the most prolific ghost story writers in the history of the genre. The literary critic S.

About Author: Algernon Henry Blackwood, Born in 14 March 1869 and died in 10 December 1951 was an English broadcasting narrator, journalist, novelist and short story writer, and among the most prolific ghost story writers in the history of the genre. The literary critic S. T... Read Full Overview

The Damned is a horror story classic from Algernon Blackwood which is among the finest works of the horror genre. The story addresses the question: Can a home become evil due to its previous owners?

The Damned is a horror story classic from Algernon Blackwood which is among the finest works of the horror genre. The story addresses the question: Can a home become evil due to its previous owners?