Publisher's Synopsis
THE ALGERNON BLACKWOOD COLLECTION Classic Algernon Blackwood ALGERNON BLACKWOOD 7 Complete Books in 1 Contents The Empty House The Wendigo The Willows The Insanity of Jones The Man Who Found Out The Glamour of the Snow Sand Blackwood was born in Shooter's Hill (now part of south-east London, but then part of northwest Kent), and between 1871 and 1880 lived at Crayford Manor House, Crayford and was educated at Wellington College. His father was a Post Office administrator who, according to Peter Penzoldt, "though not devoid of genuine good-heartedness, had appallingly narrow religious ideas." Blackwood had a varied career, working as a dairy farmer in Canada, where he also operated a hotel for six months, as a newspaper reporter in New York City, bartender, model, journalist for the New York Times, private secretary, businessman, and violin teacher. Throughout his adult life, he was an occasional essayist for various periodicals. In his late thirties, he moved back to England and started to write stories of the supernatural. He was successful, writing at least ten original collections of short stories and later telling them on radio and television. He also wrote fourteen novels, several children's books, and a number of plays, most of which were produced but not published. He was an avid lover of nature and the outdoors, and many of his stories reflect this. To satisfy his interest in the supernatural, he joined The Ghost Club. He never married; according to his friends he was a loner but also cheerful company.
