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House on the Borderland.
Title:
House on the Borderland.
Author:
Hodgson, William Hope.
ISBN:
9781775568667
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (255 pages)
Contents:
Title -- Contents -- Author's Introduction to the Manuscript -- I The Finding of the Manuscript -- II The Plain of Silence -- III The House in the Arena -- IV The Earth -- V The Thing in the Pit -- VI The Swine-Things -- VII The Attack -- VIII After the Attack -- IX In the Cellars -- X The Time of Waiting -- XI The Searching of the Gardens -- XII The Subterranean Pit -- XIII The Trap in the Great Cellar -- XIV The Sea of Sleep -- XV The Noise in the Night -- XVI The Awakening -- XVII The Slowing Rotation -- XVIII The Green Star -- XIX The End of the Solar System -- XX The Celestial Globes -- XXI The Dark Sun -- XXII The Dark Nebula -- XXIII Pepper -- XXIV The Footsteps in the Garden -- XXV The Thing from the Arena -- XXVI The Luminous Speck -- XXVII Conclusion -- Endnotes.
Abstract:
The House on the Borderland is a supernatural horror novel by William Hope Hodgson. He went beyond the existing ghost story and gothic molds, synthesizing a new cosmic horror that made a huge impact on later writers of weird tales, notably H. P. Lovecraft. The two gentlemen Tonnison and Berreggnog head to a village in Ireland for a week's fishing. There they discover the ruins of a strange house and the diary of the house's former occupant...
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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