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The Wave

Algernon Blackwood

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .He said to himself a dozen times, 'Once more to the end and back again!' For she, too, might be a bird of passage, leaving to-morrow or the next day, leaving that very night, perhaps. The thought afflicted, goaded him. And on getting back to the hotel he searched the Liste des Étrangers as eagerly as he had searched the crowded front—and as uselessly, since he did not even know what name he hoped to find.

But later that evening a change came over him. He surprised some sense of humour: catching it in the act, he also surprised himself a little— smiling at himself. The laughter, however, was significant. For it was just that restless interval after dinner when he knew not what to do with the hours until bedtime: whether to sit in his room and think and read, or to visit the principal hotels in the hope of chance discovery. He was even considering this wild-goose chase to himself, when suddenly he realised that his course of procedure was entir. . . Read More

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2.00
- Nancy - Jul 23, 2014

An interminable novel, where nothing much happens outwardly, but we participate almost relentlessly in the subtle, repetitive inner turmoil of a man involved in the Eternal Triangle: truly eternal, with hints of reincarnation from ancient Egypt. The writing is evocative at times, and Blackwood shows

5.00
- Pat - May 04, 2023

A novel with most excellent prose, perhaps better—more clean and entrancing—than anything else I've read from Blackwood thus far; yet a subject matter that, though poignantly accurate, is also endlessly frustrating, which caused some inner turmoil. The otherworldly high the first few chapters give t

2.00
- Estott - Oct 13, 2012

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Blackwood was a master of atmosphere. The opening section of this book is very effective- a child's dream vision of an enormous wave towering over him, seemingly ready to crash but never actually doing so. Unfortunately this promising opening doesn't develop into anything spooky or

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