The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft
This hefty Chartwell Classics edition brings together everything Lovecraft wrote between 1917 and 1935, including his novel, four novellas, and fifty-three short stories. That's a substantial body of work, and having it gathered under one cover is a genuine pleasure for anyone with a soft spot for classic horror. The writing is strange, brooding, and often unsettling in ways that are surprisingly hard to pin down. Lovecraft's signature blend of unearthly creatures, creeping supernatural tension, and cautionary science-fiction ideas feels as potent now as it presumably did when first published. It's easy to see why writers and filmmakers like Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Guillermo del Toro, and Alan Moore have openly acknowledged his influence. Highlights include 'The Call of Cthulhu', 'At the Mountains of Madness', 'The Shadow Over Innsmouth', and 'The Dunwich Horror', alongside the longer work 'The Case of Charles Dexter Ward'. Each piece has its own particular chill. The Chartwell Classics series presents this collection in a handsome format, sitting comfortably alongside their other well-regarded editions of Austen, Shakespeare, Poe, and Conan Doyle. For readers who want a reliable, complete edition of Lovecraft's fiction rather than scattered paperbacks, this volume makes a very sensible choice.
- Author: H. P. Lovecraft
- Publisher: Chartwell Books
- Genre: Horror
- ISBN: 978-0785834205
- Pages: 1112 pages