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The face of the earth & other imaginings / by Algernon Blackwood ; compiled and edited by Mike Ashley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blackwood, Algernon, 1869-1951, author.
- Series:
- Stark House supernatural classics
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Blackwood, Algernon, 1869-1951.
- Blackwood, Algernon.
- Ghost stories, English.
- Paranormal fiction, English.
- Supernatural in literature.
- Genre:
- Ghost stories.
- Physical Description:
- 222 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- First Stark House Press edition.
- Other Title:
- Face of the earth and other imaginings
- Place of Publication:
- Eureka, California : Stark House Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- Supernatural fiction and travel essays from 1889 - 1921, most of which have never been collected into book format before.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Imagination inspired / Mike Ashley
- section 1. Early tales. A mysterious house
- A strange adventure in the Black Forest
- The farmhouse on the hill
- The kit-bag
- The boy messenger
- The story Mr. Popkiss told
- The face of the earth
- The message of the clock
- The singular death of Morton
- La mauvaise riche
- section 2. Imagination awakes. Stodgman's opportunity
- Who was she?
- The night-wind
- Genius
- section 3. Nature inspires. Thoughts on nature
- 'Mid the haunts of the moose
- Down the Danube in a Canadian canoe
- The psychology of places
- The glamour of strangers
- On wings
- Spring notes in the Jura
- From my Caucasus note-book
- Egypt: an impression
- section 4. Conflicts of the soul. The old world beauty
- The miracle
- The paper man
- The soldier's visitor
- Proportion
- Onanonanon
- The memory of beauty
- Bibliography: a chronology of published works.
- Notes:
- "This collection came together, a blend of eighteen short stories, most of them previously uncollected ... and twelve essays, none of which has been reprinted."--Introduction, page 9.
- "Edited and introduction by Mike Ashley"--Cover.
- "A Stark House book"--Back cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-221).
- Contains:
- Blackwood, Algernon, 1869-1951. Mysterious house.
- ISBN:
- 1933586702
- 9781933586700
- OCLC:
- 900012617
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