Project Gutenberg 2007-10-27 Public domain in the USA. 3832 Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866 1946 Wells, Herbert George The Red Room Reading ease score: 77.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by David Widger "The Red Room" by H. G. Wells is a horror short story written in the late 19th century. The narrative revolves around an unnamed protagonist who attends a vigil in a supposedly haunted room within a mysterious manor. The story explores themes of fear and the psychological impact of the unknown, particularly in settings that evoke superstition and dread. In the tale, the protagonist enters the Red Room with the intention of confronting its haunting reputation. Despite his bravado and rational mindset, he experiences terrifying occurrences as the darkness seemingly comes alive around him. Candles mysteriously extinguish, plunging him into deeper shadows, and he ultimately succumbs to overwhelming fear, resulting in a physical and psychological breakdown. When he awakens, he realizes that the true horror of the Red Room is not a ghost, but rather the paralyzing power of fear itself, which lingers in the room and affects all who enter it. This revelation underscores the story's central message about the nature of terror found within the human psyche. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 50569 50570 2024-10-10T07:18:34.672237 2023-09-10T10:05:09.418385 text/html text/html 47498 2021-01-26T02:35:20 text/html; charset=utf-8 17080 2021-01-26T02:35:20 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 73664 2024-10-10T07:18:38.427225 application/epub+zip 72532 2024-10-10T07:18:36.324234 application/epub+zip 72531 2024-10-10T07:18:35.238219 application/epub+zip 124603 2024-10-10T07:18:40.028202 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 118195 2024-10-10T07:18:37.816219 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 92421 2022-09-11T04:23:45.552802 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 41737 2024-10-10T07:18:34.417222 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 41971 2016-09-17T10:42:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 16019 2016-09-17T10:44:28 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 41621 2013-08-23T10:22:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15947 2013-08-23T10:22:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20350 2024-10-10T07:18:40.147205 application/rdf+xml 8551 2024-10-10T07:18:35.773224 image/jpeg 2398 2024-10-10T07:18:35.501240 image/jpeg 70465 2024-10-10T07:18:34.678223 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia