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Original Title:	The Shunned House ASIN B003ARTKJW
Edition Language:	English

The Shunned House

H.P. Lovecraft

Kindle Edition | Pages: 48 pages

Rating: 3.58 | 3720 Users | 339 Reviews

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Title	:	The Shunned House
Author	:	H.P. Lovecraft
Book Format	:	Kindle Edition
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 48 pages
Published	:	(first published 1937)
Categories	:	Horror. Classics. Fiction. Short Stories. Fantasy. Lovecraftian

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Written in October of 1924, "The Shunned House" is not only Lovecraft's best early novella but also one of the two watershed works which mark his transition to the themes and style of his mature period. As such, it is not only a pleasure to read but also an important work for anyone who is interested in the development of H.P. Lovecraft the writer.


It was written during the early period of his marriage, when Lovecraft and his wife were living in Brooklyn and he had already become uneasy--but not fearful, as he would later become in Red Hook--of the dark faces and diverse cultures found near the great city of New York. It seems he may have been homesick for Rhode Island too, for--although the plot of this tale was first inspired by another house in Elizabeth, New Jersey--he chose to locate it in a house (once lived in by his aunt) located in the familiar streets of Providence.

The shunned house of the title has long been an object of fascination for the narrator, a fascination he shares with his uncle, Dr. Elihu Whipple. The narrator summarizes the strange lore the good doctor has collected about the house, lore filled with unexplained sicknesses and deaths, and follows this with his personal account of what happened when he and his uncle ventured inside the old house.

The story is memorable not only because of our investigators' use of an electrical device to dispel supernatural phenomena (common in other weird stories of the period, but not common in Lovecraft) but also because of the artful accumulation of precise details (the white phosphorescence, the foul odor, the yellow mist, the outline of a figure on a wall). What sticks in the mind more than these, however, are the nostalgia for the familiar streets of Providence and how it contrasts with the utter alien nature of the thing discovered within the house.

It is the the union of these two--a profound sense of place, and the fear of the alien other which disrupts it--which will be the key to the terror evoked by the great Lovecraft tales to come.

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This novelette was written by the young H.P. Lovecraft around the same time as The Rats in the Walls (1924), and published, likewise, in an issue of Weird Tales. There is a significant similarity of inspiration between these two tales: here too, there is a decrepit old house, foul smells, obscene fungous growths suffocating the foundations, unknown dangers lurking in putrid shadows, chillings myths.Whereas The Rats was probably inspired by Poes Fall of the House of Usher, The Shunned House,

This was my first Lovecraft read and I thoroughly enjoyed it.I know, starting with a short story is not the place to start yet it is what I managed to get my hands on. I wasnt about to turn it down due to the fact it is not one of his big hits. A read by Lovecraft any read was going to be devoured so I could find out what he was about and whether I wished to continue on to read more.It is safe to say, I will be reading more.Short stories never really give you everything there is to know about

This story is captivating, Lovecraft does a good job of setting up the mood for a mysterious, creepy story that feels real and plausible. The reason it took me so long to read, despite how short the story is, is because of the format. It's printed in a large page format, larger than most novels are printed in, so paragraphs are very wide and it becomes difficult to read. I would not recommend this edition to anyone, to be honest when I purchased it from Amazon I didn't read in detail how the

Errrr ... yep okay this one is weird.At first it just seemed like another eerie, atmospheric tale about a spooky old house, but then there was the conjecture about what was causing this house to be so evil and ... well, let's just say that it won me over in the end. It took its time getting to the fun stuff, for a short story, but it was totally worth it in the end.I don't feel like it's particularly groundbreaking, but it certainly ended on a unique note.My first Lovecraft story, but certainly

This is my first read by Lovecraft, and I can now say it certainly will not be my last. I realise it's just a short story, but it is the only Lovecraft work, I could physically get my hands on at this moment.The style of his writing is most exquisite, although, I didn't think the actual plot flowed as easy as it should have."There are horrors beyond horrors, and this was one of those nuclei of all dreamable hideousness which the cosmos saves to blast an accursed and unhappy few"The author has an

A classic Lovecraft tale with a little paranormal investigation. Fun stuff.

I read this delightfully creepy story using Serial Reader. The setting, language, and tone of The Shunned House set the reader up for a scare that is a chilling slow burn. Lovecraft is a master at horror for a reason - each moment is fraught with potential for terror, which keeps the reader on the edge and unable to relax. If a reader is expecting in your face scares, then a recalibration of what is scary may be necessary to get the most out of Lovecraft. I enjoy allowing myself to sink into the