The Willows (Unabridged)
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3.7 • 6 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Algernon Blackwood was an English author who dealt primarily with the supernatural.
The Willows, his most celebrated story, was influenced heavily by Blackwood's own trips down the Danube River. It tells the story of two campers who pick the wrong place to sleep for the night, a place where another dimension impinges on our own.
Customer Reviews
Well done
I always liked Algernon Blackwood as a guy whose stoiries could really creep you out. Reader was understated but that is exactly what was needed. Being over dramatic would have ruined it.
The Horror? The Narration
Covell's dead-pan reading brings Blackwood's haunting tale to life, much the way a discarded Styrofoam cooler is brought to life adrift and bobbing on a stream of raw sewage. Apparently this reading was given by the narrator to discourage any interest one might have in Algernon Blackwood's brilliantly simple, softly disturbing 'The Willows'. Buy the 'real-live' book and enjoy. Buy the itunes book and perhaps you'll staple your own ears shut just to be forever rid of Covell's horrid, lifeless reading.
Creepy
Wow. Hard to believe I was listening to the same story where someone trashed the reader. I thought the reading was quite good and the story positively creepy.