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The Dreams in the Witch House: And Other Weird Stories (Penguin Classics) by Lovecraft, H. P. [Paperback]

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100142437956

ISBN-139780142437957

eBay Product ID (ePID)30220061

Product Key Features

Book TitleDreams in the Witch House : and Other Weird Stories

Number of Pages480 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicOccult & Supernatural, Fantasy / General, Short Stories (Single Author), Horror, Thrillers / Supernatural

Publication Year2004

GenreFiction

AuthorH.P. Lovecraft

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight11.6 Oz

Item Length7.6 in

Item Width5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2003-068904

Reviews"H.P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale."--Stephen King, H. P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth centuryÆs greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale. (Stephen King)

TitleLeadingThe

Notes byJoshi, S. T.

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Grade ToUP

Table Of ContentThe Dreams in the Witch House And Other Weird StoriesIntroduction by S.T. Joshi Suggestions for Further Reading A Note on the Texts Polaris The Doom That Came to Sarnath The Terrible Old Man The Tree The Cats of Ulthar From Beyond The Nameless City The Moon-Bog The Other Gods Hypnos The Lurking Fear The Unnamable The Shunned house The Horror at Red Hook In the Vault The Strange High House in the Mist The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath The Silver Key Through the Gates of the Silver Key THe Dreams in the Witch House The Shadow out of Time Explanatory Notes

Synopsis"The dreams were wholly beyond the pale of sanity . . . " Plagued by insane nightmare visions, Walter Gilman seeks help in Miskatonic University's infamous library of forbidden books, where, in the pages of Abdul Alhazred's dreaded Necronomicon , he finds terrible hints that seem to connect his own studies in advanced mathematics with the fantastic legends of elder magic. The Dreams in the Witch House , gathered together here with more than twenty other tales of terror, exemplifies H. P. Lovecraft's primacy among twentieth-century American horror writers. This volume is a companion to the other two Penguin Classics edition of Lovecraft's work: The Call of the Cthulhu and The Thing on the Doorstep . This original collection presents the definitive texts of the work, including a newly restored text of "The Shadow out of time" along with S. T. Joshi's invaluable introduction and notes. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators., "The dreams were wholly beyond the pale of sanity . . . " Plagued by insane nightmare visions, Walter Gilman seeks help in Miskatonic University's infamous library of forbidden books, where, in the pages of Abdul Alhazred's dreaded Necronomicon , he finds terrible hints that seem to connect his own studies in advanced mathematics with the fantastic legends of elder magic. The Dreams in the Witch House , gathered together here with more than twenty other tales of terror, exemplifies H. P. Lovecraft's primacy among twentieth-century American horror writers. This volume is a companion to the other two Penguin Classics edition of Lovecraft's work- The Call of the Cthulhu and The Thing on the Doorstep . This original collection presents the definitive texts of the work, including a newly restored text of "The Shadow out of time" along with S. T. Joshi's invaluable introduction and notes. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

LC Classification NumberPS3523.O833A6 2004