The Centaur - Blackwood, Algernon

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Résumé :
A gripping encounter that lingers long after the last page. The Centaur is a supernatural short story that fuses mythic weight with the steady pulse of Edwardian England. Across a British countryside setting that whispers with the unseen, Blackwood threads a classic horror tale of civilization grappling with the wilderness. It is a study in nature and the uncanny, where an ordinary landscape becomes a site of profound wonder and unease. The entwining of mythic creature encounter motifs with early twentieth century literature invites readers to test the boundaries between fear, imagination, and the unknown. This is more than a story...

Biographie:
Algernon Blackwood, one of the most prolific ghost story authors in the genre's history, was an English broadcasting narrator, journalist, novelist, and short story writer (14 March 1869 - 10 December 1951). According to the literary critic S. T. Joshi, Incredible Adventures (1914), a collection of short stories, may be the finest weird book of this or any other century, and His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer's except Dunsany's. A few weeks after his passing, his nephew carried his ashes to the Swiss Alps' Saanenm?ser Pass and spread them among the peaks he had cherished for more than 40 years. Shooter's Hill is where Blackwood was born (now part of south-east London, then part of north-west Kent). He attended Wellington College and resided at Crayford Manor House in Crayford from 1871 and 1880. His mother, Harriet Dobbs, was the widow of the 6th Duke of Manchester; his father, Sir Stevenson Arthur Blackwood, was a Post Office official. Following many strokes, Blackwood passed away. Officially, cerebral thrombosis was the cause of his death on December 10, 1951; arteriosclerosis was a contributory factor. At the Golders Green Crematorium, he was cremated.?

Sommaire:
it is an academic study edition that sits comfortably in both casual reading and serious literary inquiry. For classic horror fans and collectors, the work offers a precise, resonant voice drawn from machen style horror and Dunsany-inspired myths, reimagined for today's discerning readers. Its enduring power lies in how a single encounter reveals the thin line between civilisation and wilderness, between rational soul and dreamt danger, in a British countryside that feels simultaneously familiar and haunted. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. This is the Centaur you will reread, study, and share with fellow lovers of classic horror and antique mystery....