The Human Chord : 51

(Author) Algernon Blackwood
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"When Robert Spinrobin, drifting through life in a daydream, answers a newspaper ad asking for an imaginative tenor with a grasp of ancient languages, he soon finds himself travelling to rural Wales and the home of ex-clergyman, Philip Skale. Here Skale, the housekeeper Mrs. Mawle and her niece, Miriam, have been pursuing a new science, harnessing sound to discover the true names of people - and recording the uncanny phenomena and transformations that this naming ritual brings in the subject. With possibilities of mind-melding and sublime spiritual awakenings already documented, it is not long before Skale pivots towards a grander master plan to intone a forbidden name beyond the preserve of humanity - while a gathering storm of disastrous cosmic consequences threatens to break. First published in 1910 but lost for most of the twentieth century, Blackwood's tour-de-force novel is long overdue rediscovery."--Provided by publisher.

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Publisher:
British Library Publishing
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
None
Language:
en
ISBN:
9780712355414
Publish year:
2024
Publish date:
July 25, 2024

Algernon Blackwood

Algernon Blackwood was a British author known for his supernatural and horror fiction. His most famous work, "The Willows," is a seminal tale of cosmic horror and psychological tension. Blackwood's atmospheric writing style and exploration of the unknown realms of the supernatural have had a lasting influence on the horror genre.

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