The Human Chord

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ISBN: 9780712355414

Algernon Blackwood, Mike Ashley

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English

British Library Publishing
23 October 2024

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Classic horror & ghost stories

Series: Tales of the Weird

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.

By: Algernon Blackwood
Introduction by: Mike Ashley
Imprint: British Library Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Unabridged edition
Volume: 51
Dimensions: Height: 190mm, Width: 130mm,
ISBN: 9780712355414
ISBN 10: 0712355413
Series: Tales of the Weird
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 23 October 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was an English author, broadcasting narrator and journalist who published over 230 short stories and 47 books in his lifetime. He was deeply interested in occult and mystic studies, and powers that lie beyond normal human recognition. His regular appearances narrating stories on radio and early television programmes garnered him the epithet of 'The Ghost Man'.

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""I rather enjoyed what they were doing here with the surface level story. The underlying elements are also things that I'm a fan of. This version of the novel is one I'd recommend due to the forward by Mike Ashley. He brought up interesting things to help set the stage, as well as background information about Blackwood that helped me deeply appreciate the story as well as make better sense of the characters."" --Horror Review

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