Project Gutenberg 2022-07-18 Public domain in the USA. 336 Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips) 1890 1937 Lovecraft, Howard Phillips Littlewit, Humphrey Lovecraft, H.P. Brosnatch, Andrew 1896 1965 The festival $aUnited States :$bPopular Fiction Publishing Company,$c1924. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Festival_(short_story) Roger Frank "The Festival" by H. P. Lovecraft is a short story written in the early 20th century. The narrative unfolds as a gothic tale filled with themes of ancestral horror and ancient rituals, focusing on a protagonist drawn back to his family's origins in a seemingly cursed town. Lovecraft's work often explores the unknown and terrifying elements of both the cosmos and human history, embodying the eerie atmosphere characteristic of his stories. The protagonist returns to Kingsport during the Yuletide season, following a familial call to partake in an ancient festival shrouded in eerie mystery. Upon arriving, he encounters chilling silence and unsettling customs preserved by the townspeople, the last remnants of a strange heritage. As he joins a morbid procession towards a sinister church, he is led into the depths below where a grotesque ritual unfolds around a cold flame. The celebration reveals nightmarish creatures and deep-seated horrors tied to his ancestry and beliefs, culminating in a terrifying realization that he cannot escape. Struggling against the overwhelming dread of the unknown, he makes a desperate leap into the harbor, leading to a disorienting awakening that leaves him questioning the nature of reality and sanity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV05N01192501 20220712205809lovecraft 1924 US Reading ease score: 66.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Short stories Horror tales New England -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: American Literature 46972 2025-06-27T07:24:56.957076 text/html 22623 2024-10-18T23:26:52 text/html 542450 2025-06-27T07:24:59.257067 application/epub+zip 541248 2025-06-27T07:24:57.781107 application/epub+zip 138923 2025-06-27T07:24:57.274132 application/epub+zip 1030222 2025-06-27T07:25:00.468095 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1023659 2025-06-27T07:24:58.906114 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 647673 2022-09-30T20:44:45.208154 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 41006 2025-06-27T07:24:56.874074 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21211 2024-10-18T23:26:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17613 2025-06-27T07:25:00.600076 application/rdf+xml 24237 2025-06-27T07:24:57.494102 image/jpeg 3911 2025-06-27T07:24:57.384073 image/jpeg 504527 2025-06-27T07:24:56.969097 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