Project Gutenberg 2003-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 107 Blackwood, Algernon 1869 1951 The Garden of Survival Produced by David Moynihan. HTML version by Al Haines. "The Garden of Survival" by Algernon Blackwood is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. This work explores themes of love, loss, and spiritual connection, particularly through the eyes of a man reflecting on his life and his relationship with a deceased wife, Marion. The narrator grapples with his feelings of both physical and emotional connection, questioning the essence of true love and the intricacies of human emotions. At the start of the narrative, the unnamed narrator addresses an unknown confidant, sharing his complex feelings about his past marriage to Marion, whom he believes he had married out of pity rather than true love. He recounts deeply personal memories of their relationship, highlighting Marion's beauty, her passion for music, and his own struggles to comprehend his feelings for her. The opening portion of the book sets the tone for a profound exploration of self-awareness, love, and the necessity for human connection as the narrator navigates between remorse for his past actions and a yearning for a deeper understanding of love—a journey that appears to intertwine with themes of survival in both physical and emotional senses. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 67.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Fiction Horror tales, English PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 162191 2025-07-02T09:32:50.174049 text/html 155709 2020-12-27T16:54:22 text/html 137107 2025-07-02T09:32:55.420022 application/epub+zip 139647 2025-07-02T09:32:52.728025 application/epub+zip 123079 2025-07-02T09:32:51.702026 application/epub+zip 280284 2025-07-02T09:32:57.461008 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 270901 2025-07-02T09:32:54.826012 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 218638 2022-09-02T12:52:28.804850 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 149066 2025-07-02T09:32:49.837030 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 148926 2020-12-27T16:54:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18399 2025-07-02T09:32:57.581002 application/rdf+xml 15287 2025-07-02T09:32:52.194043 image/jpeg 4126 2025-07-02T09:32:51.948024 image/jpeg 59503 2020-12-27T16:54:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 58117 2020-12-27T16:54:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 138031 2025-07-02T09:32:50.190044 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia