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Since Odysseus' curious crew first unleashed the bag of winds gifted him by Aeolus, the God of Winds, literature has been awash with tales of bad or strange weather. From the flood myths of Babylon, the Mahabharata and the Bible, to 20th century psychological storms, this foray into troubled waters, heat waves, severe winters, hurricanes, and hailstones, offers the perfect read on a rainy day--or night. Featuring a selection of some of the finest writers in the English language--Algernon Blackwood, Herman Melville, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, and more--this collection of weird tales will delight and disturb.… (plus d'informations)
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FYI Review - This anthology includes the following: -History of a Six Weeks' Tour (extract) (1817) by Mary Shelley -The Lightning-Rod Man (1854) by Herman Melville -A Descent Into the Maelstrom (1841) by Edgar Allan Poe -The Great Snow (1876) by Richard Jefferies -The Horror-Horn (1923) by E.F. Benson -May Day Eve (1907) by Algernon Blackwood -August Heat (1910) by W.F. Harvey -A Mild Attack of Locusts (1955) by Doris Lessing -Through the Vortex of a Cyclone (1907) by William Hope Hodgson -The Wind-Gnome (1893) by Jonas Lie -Summer Snow Storm (1956) by Adam Chase -The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes (1950) by Margaret St. Clair -Monsoons of Death (1942) by Gerald Vance -The Purple Cloud (extract) (1901) by M.P. Shiel -The Birds (1952) by Daphne du Maurier
SUMMARY: From the flood myths of Babylon, the Mahabharata and the Bible, to 20th century psychological storms, this foray into troubled waters, heat waves, severe winters, hurricanes, and hailstones, offers the perfect read on a rainy day--or night. Featuring a selection of some of the finest writers in the English language--Algernon Blackwood, Herman Melville, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, and more--this collection of weird tales will delight and disturb
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In an age where extreme weather events are becoming increasingly frequent - storms; floods; droughts; uncontrollable bushfires; rapidly decreasing glaciers - an age defined by Paul Crutzen and Eugene Stoermer in 2000 and ratified in 2019 by the International Commission on Stratigraphy as the "Anthropocene," it is perhaps perverse to seek consolation in stories in which the weather plays a significant, often antagonistic role. -Introduction
We left London July 28th, 1814, on a hotter day than has been known in this climate for many years. -History of a Six Weeks' Tour (Extract) by Mary Shelley
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Since Odysseus' curious crew first unleashed the bag of winds gifted him by Aeolus, the God of Winds, literature has been awash with tales of bad or strange weather. From the flood myths of Babylon, the Mahabharata and the Bible, to 20th century psychological storms, this foray into troubled waters, heat waves, severe winters, hurricanes, and hailstones, offers the perfect read on a rainy day--or night. Featuring a selection of some of the finest writers in the English language--Algernon Blackwood, Herman Melville, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, and more--this collection of weird tales will delight and disturb.
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-History of a Six Weeks' Tour (extract) (1817) by Mary Shelley
-The Lightning-Rod Man (1854) by Herman Melville
-A Descent Into the Maelstrom (1841) by Edgar Allan Poe
-The Great Snow (1876) by Richard Jefferies
-The Horror-Horn (1923) by E.F. Benson
-May Day Eve (1907) by Algernon Blackwood
-August Heat (1910) by W.F. Harvey
-A Mild Attack of Locusts (1955) by Doris Lessing
-Through the Vortex of a Cyclone (1907) by William Hope Hodgson
-The Wind-Gnome (1893) by Jonas Lie
-Summer Snow Storm (1956) by Adam Chase
-The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes (1950) by Margaret St. Clair
-Monsoons of Death (1942) by Gerald Vance
-The Purple Cloud (extract) (1901) by M.P. Shiel
-The Birds (1952) by Daphne du Maurier