The Dunwich Horror (illustrated) E-Book

H G Wells

• Herausgeber: Swish
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2024

Beschreibung

Step into the eerie world of H.P. Lovecraft with The Dunwich Horror, a cornerstone of cosmic horror first published in 1929. Set in the remote hills of rural Massachusetts, this chilling tale unravels the dark secrets of the Whateley family and the terrifying events surrounding the enigmatic town of Dunwich.
Lovecraft masterfully blends the occult, ancient rituals, and otherworldly entities, building an atmosphere of suspense and dread. The story delves into the forbidden knowledge of the Necronomicon and the looming threat of the Great Old Ones. With its vivid imagery and spine-tingling narrative, The Dunwich Horror remains one of Lovecraft's most celebrated works, capturing the essence of his unique mythos.
Perfect for fans of Gothic horror, supernatural fiction, and Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, this timeless classic continues to fascinate and terrify readers worldwide.

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Contents

Table of Contents      2

The Dunwich Horror      5

CHAPTER 1      6

CHAPTER 2      10

CHAPTER 3      14

CHAPTER 4      16

CHAPTER 5      20

CHAPTER 6      23

CHAPTER 7      27

CHAPTER 8      31

CHAPTER 9      36

CHAPTER 10      41

The Dunwich Horrorby H. P. Lovecraft

First Published: 1929

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The Dunwich Horror

by H. P. LOVECRAFT

"Gorgons, and Hydras, and Chimeras—dire stories of Celæno and the Harpies—may reproduce themselves in the brain of superstition—but they were there before. They are transcripts, types—the archetypes are in us, and eternal. How else should the recital of that which we know in a waking sense to be false come to affect us at all? Is it that we naturally conceive terror from such objects, considered in their capacity of being able to inflict upon us bodily injury? Oh, least of all! These terrors are of older standing. They date beyond body—or without the body, they would have been the same.... That the kind of fear here treated is purely spiritual—that it is strong in proportion as it is objectless on earth, that it predominates in the period of our sinless infancy—are difficulties the solution of which might afford some probable insight into our ante-mundane condition, and a peep at least into the shadowland of pre-existence."—Charles Lamb: Witches and Other Night-Fears.

CHAPTER 1

When a traveler in north central Massachusetts takes the wrong fork at the junction of the Aylesbury pike just beyond Dean's Corners he comes upon a lonely and curious country. The ground gets higher, and the brier-bordered stone walls press closer and closer against the ruts of the dusty, curving road. The trees of the frequent forest belts seem too large, and the wild weeds, brambles, and grasses attain a luxuriance not often found in settled regions. At the same time the planted fields appear singularly few and barren; while the sparsely scattered houses wear a surprizing uniform aspect of age, squalor, and dilapidation. Without knowing why, one hesitates to ask directions from the gnarled, solitary figures spied now and then on crumbling doorsteps or in the sloping, rock-strewn meadows. Those figures are so silent and furtive that one feels somehow confronted by forbidden things, with which it would be better to have nothing to do. When a rise in the road brings the mountains in view above the deep woods, the feeling of strange uneasiness is increased. The summits are too rounded and symmetrical to give a sense of comfort and naturalness, and sometimes the sky silhouettes with especial clearness the queer circles of tall stone pillars with which most of them are crowned.