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Confession (Blackwood short story)

  • Type: Short Story
  • Length: 27 pages

Confession is a 1921 short story by English author Algernon Blackwood. - AsNotedIn

The fog swirled slowly round him, driven by a heavy movement of its own, for of course there was no wind. It hung in poisonous thick coils and loops; it rose and sank; no light penetrated it directly from street lamp or motorcar, though here and there some big shop window shed a glimmering patch upon its ever-shifting curtain.
Algernon Blackwood, Confession




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  • London, England For some little time he stood and stared,a Canadian soldier, his home among clear brilliant spaces, now face to face for the first time in his life with that thing he had so often read about, a bad London fog.
  • Piccadilly Circus Tube Station, London You change at Piccadilly Circus - without leaving the underground station, mindand get out at South Kensington.
  • South Kensington Underground Station, London When O'Reilly came up the stairs at South Kensington Station, he emerged into such murky darkness that he thought he was still underground.
  • South Kensington, London, I say, is this right for the Tube station, d' you know? I'm utterly lost. I want South Ken.
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Y/M/D Association Description Place Locale Food Event
1921/03/00 Algernon Blackwood Author Algernon Blackwood's "Confession" is published in The Century Magazine.
1921/03/00 The Century Magazine Publisher Algernon Blackwood's "Confession" is published in The Century Magazine.

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Particulars for Confession (Blackwood short story):
Narrative Arts Fiction prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people
Weather Fog, mist a thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface which obscures visibility, Fog is more dense than mist
Reputation Harley Street Doctors
Narrative Arts Narrative an account of connected events
Vehicle Omnibus horse drawn vehicle design to seat 12 passengers, originated in Paris and was brought to England by the coachbuilder George Shillibeer in 1829
Narrative Arts Prose ordinary written language
Area of Significance Returning Home from War
Mental Health Shell Shock PTSD psychological effects of combat stress on soldiers, symptoms include tremors, confusion, and nightmares
Art Type Short Story short form narrative fiction

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Original Language: English



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