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The Dunwich horror by H. P. Lovecraft

Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937

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"The Dunwich Horror" by H. P. Lovecraft is a cosmic horror novella written in 1928. In the decaying Massachusetts village of Dunwich, Wilbur Whateley grows at an unnatural rate, aided by his sorcerer grandfather in dark rituals connected to the entity Yog-Sothoth. When a monstrous invisible presence escapes their farmhouse and terrorizes the countryside, three professors from Miskatonic University must confront an otherworldly horror that defies human comprehension. This tale of forbidden knowledge and cosmic terror is considered a core story of the Cthulhu Mythos. ... Read more

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AuthorLovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937
TitleThe Dunwich horror
Series TitleProduced from Weird Tales April 1929.
NoteWikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dunwich_Horror
CreditsProduced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Reading LevelReading ease score: 64.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
LanguageEnglish
LoC ClassPS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
SubjectAmerican fiction -- 20th century
CategoryText
eBook-No.50133
Release DateOct 4, 2015
Last UpdateSep 11, 2025
CopyrightPublic domain in the USA.
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