The Dunwich horror

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The Dunwich horror

by H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft

EN·~1 hours·4 chapters

Chapters

4 total

Part 1

31:41

Part 2

31:03

Part 3

31:44

Part 4

10:35

Description

In the shadow of the New England hills lies a place that seems to have slipped out of time. The road to Dunwich winds through overgrown fields, crumbling stone walls, and forests that grow unnaturally dense, leading the traveler to a cluster of dilapidated farmhouses and a lone church that smells of mold and decay. The village, almost abandoned, is populated by silent, wary folk whose gazes linger on the strange stone pillars crowning the nearby mountains.

When a curious scholar arrives, drawn by rumors of a recent, inexplicable birth and whispered talk of witch‑blood, he finds the locals reluctant to speak and the landscape itself hostile. Unseen forces seem to pulse through the marshes and the river, and the very air carries an ancient, nameless dread. As the investigator begins to piece together the fragmented legends, the quiet terror of Dunwich starts to reveal itself, promising a confrontation with something far older than any mortal fear.

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Language

en

Duration

~1 hours (100K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2015-10-04

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft

H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft

1890–1937

A master of cosmic horror, this American writer turned fear of the unknown into some of the most influential weird fiction ever written. His stories introduced readers to ancient beings, fragile sanity, and a universe far larger—and colder—than humanity would like to believe.

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