The Willows

short story by Algernon Blackwood
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The Willows

Summary

The Willows is a literary work[1].

Key Facts

  • The Willows authored Algernon Blackwood[2].
  • The Willows's instance of is recorded as literary work[3].
  • The Willows's genre is weird fiction[4].
  • The Willows's genre is horror literature[5].
  • The Willows's language of work or name is recorded as English[6].
  • The Willows's country of origin is recorded as England[7].
  • The Willows was published on January 2, 1907[8].
  • The Willows's narrative location is recorded as Austria–Hungary[9].
  • The Willows's narrative location is recorded as Danube[10].
  • The Willows's published in is recorded as The Listener and Other Stories[11].
  • The Willows's published in is recorded as The Weird[12].
  • The Willows's published in is recorded as The Dark Descent[13].
  • The Willows's published in is recorded as The Century's Best Horror Fiction 1901-1950[14].
  • The Willows's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Willows'}[15].
  • The Willows's title is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Los sauces'}[16].
  • The Willows's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'After leaving Vienna, and long before you come to Budapest, the Danube enters a region of singular loneliness and desolation, where its waters spread away on all sides regardless of a main channel, and the country becomes a swamp for miles upon miles, covered by a vast sea of low willow-bushes.'}[17].
  • The Willows's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'And when I turned my eyes again from his ghastly face to the river, the current had done its work, and the body had been swept away into mid-stream and was already beyond our reach and almost out of sight, turning over and over on the waves like an otter.'}[18].
  • The Willows's copyright status is recorded as public domain[19].
  • The Willows's form of creative work is recorded as novella[20].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Willows authored Algernon Blackwood[2].

Publication

The Willows was published on January 2, 1907[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[6]. Genres include weird fiction[4] and horror literature[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . gutenberg.org. gutenberg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . gutenberg.org. gutenberg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · TenebrousFox · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Published in The Listener and Other Stories, The Weird, The Dark Descent +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1433]]: [[Q140073610]]"
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