Part of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a modern take on the iconic Penguin paperback

Frequently imitated and widely influential, Howard Philips Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre in the 1920s, discarding ghosts and witches and instead envisioning mankind as a tiny outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe. S. T. Joshi, Lovecraft’s preeminent interpreter, presents a selection of the master’s fiction, from the early tales of nightmares and madness such as The Outsider to the overpowering cosmic terror of The Call of Cthulhu. More than just a collection of terrifying tales, this volume reveals the development of Lovecraft’s mesmerizing narrative style and establishes him as a canonical - and visionary - American writer.

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Table of Contents The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird StoriesIntroduction Suggestions for Further Reading A Note on the Text Dagon The Statement of Randolph Carter Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family Celephais Nyarlathotep The Picture in the House The Outsider Herbert West - Reanimator The Hound The Rats in the Walls The Festival He Cool Air The Call of Cthulhu The Colour Out of Space The Whisperer in Darkness The Shadow Over Innsmouth The Haunter of the Dark

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