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The Garden of Survival

Algernon Blackwood

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .I must tell you now that this potent spell, alternating between fiery desire and the sincerest of repugnance, continued to operate. I complete the confession by adding briefly, that after marriage she resented and repelled all my advances. A deep sadness came upon her; she wept; and I desisted. It was my soul that she desired with the fire of her mighty love, and not my body.... And again, since it is to myself and to you alone I tell it, I would add this vital fact: it was this "new beauty which my finest dreams have left unmentioned" that made it somehow possible for me to desist, both against my animal will, yet willingly.

I have told you that, when dying, she revealed to me a portion of her "secret." This portion of a sacred confidence lies so safe within my everlasting pity that I may share it with you without the remorse of a betrayal. Full understanding we need never ask; the solution, I am convinced, is scarcely obtainable in this world. The message, . . . Read More

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- Persy - Nov 07, 2023

“This was the love of the body only. My soul was silent.”

A story of unrequited love that reads like the most beautiful poetry. Blackwood is my comfort author.

“And someone was pleased.”

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- Paul - Mar 18, 2023

[E. P. Dutton & Company] (1918). HB. 1/1. 168 Pages. Purchased from Rodney O’Connor.

A dreamy, elegiac reflection upon disconnection, decay, regret and unification through nature.

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- Martin - Aug 07, 2021

Starts out as if it might become a ghost story, but then it becomes a tale about spiritual experience and belief in an afterlife. Interesting and well-written.

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- Robert - Sep 17, 2020

Algernon Blackwood is a master of the ghost story, with his best work lifting the reader into a metaphysical world hypnotically from the beauty of his prose. His novels however are not his best work, and "The Garden of Survival" -- one of his shortest novels -- is typical. Virtually no plot, the sto

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- Víctor - May 13, 2020

libro regular

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- Cataline - Jul 06, 2016

A narrative told in the first person in the way of a letter from Richard to his twin brother. This book is not only about the wondrous tales of his life, career and travels, but moreover of the finding in a personal and conscience way the true meaning of beauty and of love. “The solution of this pro

3.00
- Aaron - Jan 21, 2015

Ever since I finished the book I have been trying to collect my thoughts on it and have had the damnedest time doing so. At first I was bored with it, then intensely drawn and it ended almost treading water. It seems like he is actually touching on several things in this novel, almost to many things

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