The Human Chord
$28.54
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
22 October 2024
Summary
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.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780712355414 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0712355413 |
| Author: | Algernon Blackwood, Mike Ashley |
| Publisher: | British Library Publishing |
| Imprint: | British Library Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 22 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 256g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 190mm x 129mm |
| Series: | Tales of the Weird |
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Critics Review
“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
About The Author
Algernon Blackwood
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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