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The Human Chord
The Human Chord
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Description: 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. With possibilities of mind - melding and sublime spiritual awakenings already documented it is not long before Skale pivots towards a grander master plan to intone a forbidden name beyond the preserve of humanity - while a gathering storm of disastrous cosmic consequences threatens to break. First published in 1910 but lost for most of the 20th century Blackwood's tour - de - force novel is long overdue rediscovery. Featuring a new incisive introduction from one of the foremost experts on Blackwood Mike Ashley.
Title: The Human Chord
Author(s): Blackwood Algernon
Publisher: British Library Publishing
Barcode: 9780712355414
Pages: 224 Pages
Publication Date: 7/1/2025
Series: Tales of the Weird
Category: Classic Horror & Ghost Stories
Description: 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. With possibilities of mind - melding and sublime spiritual awakenings already documented it is not long before Skale pivots towards a grander master plan to intone a forbidden name beyond the preserve of humanity - while a gathering storm of disastrous cosmic consequences threatens to break. First published in 1910 but lost for most of the 20th century Blackwood's tour - de - force novel is long overdue rediscovery. Featuring a new incisive introduction from one of the foremost experts on Blackwood Mike Ashley.
Title: The Human Chord
Author(s): Blackwood Algernon
Publisher: British Library Publishing
Barcode: 9780712355414
Pages: 224 Pages
Publication Date: 7/1/2025
Series: Tales of the Weird
Category: Classic Horror & Ghost Stories