Project Gutenberg 2015-10-04 Public domain in the USA. 1523 Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips) 1890 1937 Lovecraft, Howard Phillips Littlewit, Humphrey Lovecraft, H.P. The Dunwich horror Produced from Weird Tales April 1929. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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.) Reading ease score: 64.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Fantasy fiction Horror tales American fiction -- 20th century PS Text Science Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: American Literature 130754 2025-09-10T17:00:09.422207 text/html 107270 2025-09-11T08:47:28 text/html 242031 2025-09-10T17:00:12.672160 application/epub+zip 242761 2025-09-10T17:00:10.013153 application/epub+zip 114524 2025-09-10T17:00:09.750163 application/epub+zip 293725 2025-09-10T17:00:15.033115 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 285352 2025-09-10T17:00:12.272164 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 157241 2022-09-22T16:32:05.404024 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 123071 2025-09-10T17:00:09.084136 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 103448 2025-09-11T08:42:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17734 2025-09-10T17:00:15.219215 application/rdf+xml 27207 2025-09-10T17:00:09.852169 image/jpeg 4833 2025-09-10T17:00:09.801152 image/jpeg 221638 2025-09-10T17:00:09.450236 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia