The shadow over Innsmouth by H. P. Lovecraft

"The Shadow over Innsmouth" by H. P. Lovecraft is a horror novella written in November–December 1931. A young student's antiquarian tour through New England leads him to the decaying seaport of Innsmouth, where he encounters strange inhabitants with an unsettling appearance and discovers dark secrets about the town's history. His inquiries uncover a sinister conspiracy involving an ancient undersea civilization and a mysterious cult, leading to a nightmarish revelation that threatens his sanity and survival. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937
Illustrator Bok, Hannes, 1914-1964
Title The shadow over Innsmouth
Original Publication New York, NY: Weird Tales, 1941.
Series Title Produced from Weird Tales January 1942.
Note Wikipedia page on this work: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow_over_Innsmouth
Credits Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Reading Level Reading ease score: 73.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Fantasy fiction
Subject Horror tales
Subject Paranormal fiction
Subject Massachusetts -- Fiction
Subject Harbors -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 73181
Release Date
Last Update Mar 17, 2024
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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