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    The Willows (version 2)
    The Willows (version 2)
    The Willows (version 2)
    Audiobook2 hours

    The Willows (version 2)

    Written by Algernon Blackwood

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    About this audiobook

    The Willows is one of Algernon Blackwood's best known creepy stories. American horror author H.P. Lovecraft considered it to be the finest supernatural tale in English literature. He wrote in his treatise "Supernatural Horror in Literature", "Here art and restraint in narrative reach their very highest development, and an impression of lasting poignancy is produced without a single strained passage or a single false note." "The Willows" is an example of early modern horror and is connected within the literary tradition of weird fiction.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    The Willows (version 2)
    Author

    Algernon Blackwood

    Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was an English journalist, novelist, and short story writer. Born in Shooter’s Hill, he developed an interest in Hinduism and Buddhism at a young age. After a youth spent travelling and taking odd jobs—Canadian dairy farmer, bartender, model, violin teacher—Blackwood returned to England and embarked on a career as a professional writer. Known for his connection to the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Blackwood gained a reputation as a master of occult storytelling, publishing such popular horror stories as “The Willows” and “The Wendigo.” He also wrote several novels, including Jimbo: A Fantasy (1909) and The Centaur (1911). Throughout his life, Blackwood was a passionate outdoorsman, spending much of his time skiing and mountain climbing. Recognized as a pioneering writer of ghost stories, Blackwood influenced such figures as J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, and Henry Miller.

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    • 1/5
      I was unable to listen to the narrator, his pauses and in opportune inflections ruined the story. Awful, will try to read it instead.
    • 5/5
      Fantastic story touching on a unique, subtle horror. Reader a trifle flat for the mysteries therein.