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Horror · 1907 · English

The Willows

by Algernon Blackwood

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The Willows by Algernon Blackwood explores horror tales.

From the opening pages: “After leaving Vienna, and long before you come to Budapest, the Danube enters a region of singular loneliness and desolation, where its waters spread away on all sides regardless of a main channel, and the country becomes a swamp for miles upon miles, covered by a vast sea of low willow-bushes. On the big maps this deserted area is painted in a fluffy blue, growing fainter in color as it leaves the banks, and across it may be seen in large straggling letters the word _Sümpfe_, meaning…”

Author
Algernon Blackwood
First published
1907
Category
Horror
Language
English

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