Project Gutenberg 2015-10-04 Public domain in the USA. 799 Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips) 1890 1937 Lovecraft, Howard Phillips Littlewit, Humphrey Lovecraft, H.P. The Dunwich Horror Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Dunwich Horror" by H. P. Lovecraft is a short story written in the early 20th century. This work is a chilling tale of supernatural horror that delves into themes of forbidden knowledge, monstrous entities, and the decay of humanity through generations. It follows the Whateley family, particularly the grotesque figure of Wilbur Whateley, as they engage with dark forces beyond comprehension. The opening of the story establishes the eerie atmosphere surrounding the rural town of Dunwich in Massachusetts. It describes the desolation and decay of the land as a reflection of its inhabitants, who are steeped in dark folklore and a history associated with witchcraft and malevolent presences. The narrative introduces Wilbur Whateley, born under strange circumstances to a deformed mother, Lavinia, and raised in an environment rife with supernatural dread. The effectiveness of Lovecraft's prose evokes an unsettling sense of foreboding, quickly immersing readers in a world where the lines between human and monstrous blur, hinting at the horrors that lie ahead as Wilbur grows to embody unspeakable secrets and unnatural powers. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fantasy fiction Horror tales American fiction -- 20th century PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 130570 130575 2024-09-21T04:13:10.965093 2023-09-21T14:03:19.614950 text/html text/html 127573 2015-10-04T15:58:46 text/html; charset=us-ascii 220313 2015-10-04T15:58:56 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 241931 2024-09-21T04:13:13.278083 application/epub+zip 242756 2024-09-21T04:13:11.389088 application/epub+zip 114522 2024-09-21T04:13:11.165102 application/epub+zip 293809 2024-09-21T04:13:14.949090 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 285340 2024-09-21T04:13:13.051090 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 157241 2022-09-22T16:32:05.404024 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 123144 123049 2024-09-21T04:13:10.812105 2023-09-21T14:03:19.402929 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 123406 2015-10-04T15:58:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 49594 2015-10-04T15:58:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19202 2024-09-21T04:13:15.065096 application/rdf+xml 27207 2024-09-21T04:13:11.229110 image/jpeg 4833 2024-09-21T04:13:11.196106 image/jpeg 221579 2024-09-21T04:13:10.983087 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