Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft spent most of his life in New England. After his father's institutionalization in 1893, he lived affluently until his family's wealth dissipated after the death of his grandfather. He then lived with his mother, in reduced financial security, until her institutionalization in 1919. He began to write essays for the United Amateur Press Association, and in 1913 wrote a critical letter to a pulp magazine that ultimately led to his involvement in pulp fi...
The Dunwich Horror
The Dunwich Horror
Synopsis
In the decaying rural town of Dunwich, the deformed, precociously intelligent Wilbur Whateley grows up in his family's isolated farmhouse under his grandfather's occult tutelage. When livestock and townsfolk begin dying under monstrous, invisible attacks, a Miskatonic University scholar is drawn into uncovering the Whateley family's ties to the Necronomicon and to something ancient and vast trying to force its way into the world. A cornerstone story of Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.
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Professor Henry ArmitageProtagonist
A Miskatonic University librarian who investigates the Whateley family's occult activity.
Old WhateleySupporting
Wilbur's grandfather, a local sorcerer who raises him for a hidden ritual purpose.
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The Dunwitch HorrorPaperback, 2025
80 pages
Edizioni IntraISBN: 9791259916884
