Resultados para "The Complete Works of H. P. Lovecraft (Volume 3)" en Literatura y ficción

Una colección de cuentos de H.P. Lovecraft.

"El horror de Dunwich" (título original en inglés: The Dunwich Horror) es un relato corto escrito por H. P. Lovecraft en 1928 y publicada por Weird Tales en marzo de 1929. Transcurre en el pueblo ficticio de Dunwich, Massachusetts. Se lo considera una de las obras principales de los Mitos de Cthulhu.

Forty-eight of H.P. Lovecraft’s most important stories are brought together in this collection–available only from Audible–selected and with introductions by the award-winning, best-selling Lovecraft editor Leslie S. Klinger. Howard Philips Lovecraft was the early 20th-century genius who, almost singlehandedly, pioneered horror and scientific fiction, only to die in near-obscurity. Rediscovered by critics and scholars in the 1970s, Lovecraft’s work has influenced—by their own admission—every major horror or science-fiction writer of today.

Ah, the sweet, sweet singing of the whip-poor-wills. Surely one of the most innocent, purest bird songs one can know, plaintive and perfect in the clean morning light. Unless, of course, you happen to live near the decayed New England village of Dunwich, have seen the mad fires blazing from the ancient stone circles atop Sentinel Mountain, and remember the horrible events of 70 years ago.

El horror de Dunwich narra la historia de Wilbur Whateley, hijo de Lavinia Whateley, una mujer albina deformada, los acontecimientos suscítados vienen como consecuencia del nacimiento de Wilbur Whateley. Todo lo que rodea a la familia Whateley está marcado por el misterio y los rumores del pueblo que afirman que el viejo Whateley, padre de Lavinia, practica la brujería.

Comienza con la explicación de la muerte de un prominente profesor de la Universidad de Miskatonic y un estudio de sus documentos. Estos incluyen un informe sobre un ataque en un culto satánico. Una investigación sobre los cultistas saca a la luz pistas sobre la horrorosa criatura que veneran, Cthulhu. El relato propició el nacimiento de los llamados “mitos de Cthulhu”, relatos y novelas basados en la idea de las criaturas de otros mundos que desean rehabitar la Tierra.

"The Complete Works (Volume 3) of H.P. Lovecraft contains all the original stories which Lovecraft wrote as an adult. The book is ordered chronologically by the date the story was written. Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 - March 15, 1937) was an American writer of weird, science, fantasy, and horror fiction. He is best known for his creation of the Cthulhu Mythos.

"The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft contains all the original stories which Lovecraft wrote as an adult. It begins in 1917 with "The Tomb" and ends in 1935 with his last original work "The Haunter of the Dark." The book is ordered chronologically by the date the story was written.