The Thing On The Doorstep And Other Weird Stories

Informationen zum Autor H.P. Lovecraft was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1890. He was self-educated and lived in his birthplace all his life, working as a freelance writer, journalist, and ghostwriter. His best work - including some sixty or so short stories - was published from 1923 onwards in the pulp magazine Weird Tales . He died in 1937, in poverty and virtually unknown; today he is recognized as one of the great masters of supernatural fiction. Klappentext More weirdly creepy and unnerving tales to unsettle any reader. Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre in the twentieth century, discarding ghosts and witches and instead envisioning mankind as a tiny outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe. Zusammenfassung More weirdly creepy and unnerving tales to unsettle any reader. Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre in the twentieth century, discarding ghosts and witches and instead envisioning mankind as a tiny outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: S T Joshi, H. P. Lovecraft
• Collaboration: S T Joshi (Editeur)
• Edition: Penguin Books Uk
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 25.07.2002
• EAN: 9780141187075
• ISBN: 978-0-14-118707-5
• Pages: 464
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Thèmes: Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Classics, Short Stories, Classic horror and ghost stories