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ジョン・サイレンス、特別な医師のあらすじ

著者：アルジャーノン・ブラックウッド

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A doctor who charges no fees investigates haunted places and hears a traveler's account of a witch town.

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初版刊行年: 1908by アルジャーノン・ブラックウッド

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ジョン・サイレンス、特別な医師 in short

John Silence, Physician Extraordinary is a set of five cases, each starting with a person in quiet trouble and ending in a meeting with something unseen. A humorist loses his laughter in a haunted house, a shy traveler is drawn into a cat town, a soldier fights fires at his manor, a merchant revisits his old school, and a camp on a Baltic island meets a creature in the night. What you keep is a way of looking at fear.

What ジョン・サイレンス、特別な医師 is about

What would you do if your sense of humor vanished and something unseen began to walk beside you on the stairs? That is the first case in John Silence, Physician Extraordinary, a book of five tales by Algernon Blackwood. A rich man who practices medicine for people who cannot pay takes on the cases no ordinary doctor can treat.

Each tale begins with a person in trouble and a fear with no plain cause. Silence listens closely and often goes to the place itself. You learn how he works and what he believes about thought, memory and the unseen.

対象読者. For readers who love ghost stories told with calm, atmosphere and a kind hero. If you enjoy haunted houses, old towns with secrets and foggy nights, these five cases will feel like home.

The story in 10 parts

Key idea 1 · free to read
A rich doctor treats those nobody else will
John Silence is rich by accident and a doctor by choice. He keeps no consulting room and charges nothing at all. He takes only the cases that pay nothing and the cases that interest him for some special reason.
His patients are often artists with elusive afflictions of the spirit, and he becomes known as the Psychic Doctor. Most tales are told by his assistant, Hubbard, who watches closely and takes the notes. Silence trained for years in ways nobody can name, and he believes that thought can act at a distance and produce real effects.
His manner is gentle. He closes his eyes while a patient talks, so that he hears the thoughts behind the broken words. He holds a frightened man's hand and never treats him as mad. In every tale he arrives calm, curious and kind, and the fear in the room begins to ease. Real help starts with listening to a frightened person and believing what they say.
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A humorist loses his laughter to something unseen
Mrs. Sivendson brings the first case to Silence.
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Two animals keep watch in a foggy house
On a November night, Silence drives to the empty house on Putney Hill through thick fog.
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A warning on a train sends a shy man astray
Arthur Vezin is a timid man past forty who lives with his sister and finds it hard to say no. Coming home across northern France, he is squeezed into a train full of loud holidaymakers.
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The whole town watches him and draws him in
Vezin stays on, day after day, and cannot say why.
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Heat and fire gather around a lonely manor
Hubbard gets a call to bring his gun.
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A merchant's memories lead him back to school
Harris, a heavy silk merchant, takes a mountain railway in southern Germany to see the school where he spent two years at fifteen.
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Camp life on a Baltic island wakes something wild
Hubbard joins a party who camp for two months on islands north of Stockholm.
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Strong feeling can outlast those who felt it
Across the five cases, one idea keeps returning.
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Sympathy and fear set the voice of the tales
The stories come to the reader through witnesses.
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Characters, plot and themes

Main characters

John Silence A rich, gentle doctor who charges no fees and treats psychical afflictions, using sympathy, trained perception and calm courage.
Hubbard Silence's confidential assistant, who tells several cases, watches closely and learns to guard his mind with a shell of thought.
Felix Pender A humorous writer whose gift turns dark after a drug experiment, and who feels a presence in his house.
Arthur Vezin A timid man past forty who leaves a train on impulse and is drawn into the strange life of a hill town.
Colonel Wragge A stern retired soldier who guards his invalid sister and seeks help against fires he cannot explain.
Harris A heavy silk merchant who returns to his old German school, moved by memories of a boyhood spent among devout Brothers.
Joan Maloney A wild, brave young woman of twenty-two who feels at home in the wilderness yet fears a call in a fellow camper.
Peter Sangree A pale Canadian pupil who loves Joan in silence and grows strangely vigorous and wild in the island camp.

How it ends (spoiler)

Pender's house is cleared of its evil, and Flame the collie, struck blind that night, sees again when his master returns. Vezin escapes the cat town and dimly remembers fleeing along a moonlit road, though Silence fears his troubles are not over. At the manor Silence leaves the mummy in its grave and says it will cause no further disturbance if left alone. Silence rescues Harris from the burned ruins of the school. On the island Joan and Sangree find each other, and his wild double is quieted.

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『ジョン・サイレンス、特別な医師』についての質問

What is John Silence, Physician Extraordinary about?

It follows Dr. John Silence, a wealthy doctor who treats psychical afflictions without charging. His five cases concern a haunted house, a French town, a moorland manor, a mountain school and a Baltic island camp.

Who is John Silence in the book?

He is a rich man who practices medicine by choice, charges no fees and takes unpaid cases and those of special interest. He is gentle, trained in the unseen and calm under threat, and his assistant Hubbard often tells the tales.

Is John Silence, Physician Extraordinary a series of separate stories?

Yes, it is five self-contained cases linked by Silence and by the friend who aids him. You can read each tale on its own, though they share ideas about thought, memory and the unseen.

What does the warning about sleep and cats mean in Ancient Sorceries?

A Frenchman calls it out to Vezin as the train leaves; Vezin understands only 'because of sleep and because of the cats.' It sets the mood for the whole case, where cats and drowsiness gather.

Is the book worth reading for fans of ghost stories?

It suits readers who like calm, atmospheric ghost stories with a kind hero. Each case has a clear setup, vivid scenes and a steady guide, and the fears are shaped by sympathy as well as dread.

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Blackwood, Algernon. John Silence, Physician Extraordinary. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/john-silence-physician-extraordinary.

Blackwood, A. (2026). John Silence, physician extraordinary. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/john-silence-physician-extraordinary (Original work published 1908)

Blackwood, Algernon. John Silence, Physician Extraordinary. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/john-silence-physician-extraordinary.

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  author = {Blackwood, Algernon},
  title = {John Silence, Physician Extraordinary},
  publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/john-silence-physician-extraordinary},
  note = {First published 1908}
}