The Complete John Silence Stories

The Complete John Silence StoriesOne of the former British writers of supernatural tales in the twentieth century, Algernon Blackwood (18691951) wrote stories in which the slow accumulation of telling details produced a foreboding atmosphere of almost unendurable tension. Blackwood's literary renown began in 1908 with the publication of a highly successful collection of stories, John Silence Physician Extraordinary, featuring a "psychic doctor." This volume contains all five of the

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