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The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories

By H. P. Lovecraft
Introduction by S. T. Joshi
Notes by S. T. Joshi

By H. P. Lovecraft
Introduction by S. T. Joshi
Notes by S. T. Joshi

By H. P. Lovecraft
Introduction by S. T. Joshi
Notes by S. T. Joshi

By H. P. Lovecraft
Introduction by S. T. Joshi
Notes by S. T. Joshi

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    About The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories

    A definitive edition of stories by the master of supernatural fiction

    Howard Phillips Lovecraft’s unique contribution to American literature was a melding of traditional supernaturalism (derived chiefly from Edgar Allan Poe) with the genre of science fiction that emerged in the early 1920s. This Penguin Classics edition brings together a dozen of the master’s tales-from his early short stories “Under the Pyramids” (originally ghostwritten for Harry Houdini) and “The Music of Erich Zann” (which Lovecraft ranked second among his own favorites) through his more fully developed works, “The Dunwich Horror,” The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, and At the Mountains of Madness.

    The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories presents the definitive corrected texts of these works, along with Lovecraft critic and biographer S. T. Joshi’s illuminating introduction and notes to each story.

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

    About The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories

    A definitive edition of stories by the master of supernatural fiction

    Howard Phillips Lovecraft’s unique contribution to American literature was a melding of traditional supernaturalism (derived chiefly from Edgar Allan Poe) with the genre of science fiction that emerged in the early 1920s. This Penguin Classics edition brings together a dozen of the master’s tales-from his early short stories “Under the Pyramids” (originally ghostwritten for Harry Houdini) and “The Music of Erich Zann” (which Lovecraft ranked second among his own favorites) through his more fully developed works, “The Dunwich Horror,” The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, and At the Mountains of Madness.

    The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories presents the definitive corrected texts of these works, along with Lovecraft critic and biographer S. T. Joshi’s illuminating introduction and notes to each story.

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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    About H. P. Lovecraft

    H. P. Lovecraft was born in 1890 in Providence, Rhode Island, where he lived most of his life. Frequent illnesses in his youth disrupted his schooling, but Lovecraft gained a wide knowledge of many subjects through independent reading and study…. More about H. P. Lovecraft

    About H. P. Lovecraft

    H. P. Lovecraft was born in 1890 in Providence, Rhode Island, where he lived most of his life. Frequent illnesses in his youth disrupted his schooling, but Lovecraft gained a wide knowledge of many subjects through independent reading and study…. More about H. P. Lovecraft

    Product Details

    Category: Fiction Classics | Gothic & Horror

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Oct 01, 2001 | 464 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780142180037

    Category: Fiction Classics | Gothic & Horror

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Oct 01, 2001 | 464 Pages | ISBN 9781101157213

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    Table Of Contents

    The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird StoriesIntroduction by S. T. Joshi
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    A Note on the Text

    The Tomb
    Beyond the Wall of Sleep
    The White Ship
    The Temple
    The Quest of Iranon
    The Music of Erich Zann
    Under the Pyramids
    Pickman’s Model
    The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
    The Dunwich Horror
    At the Mountains of Madness
    The Thing on the Doorstep

    Explanatory Notes

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