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H. P. Lovecraft was not a very popular writer during his lifetime but achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. Today he is widely acknowledged as one of the most significant 20th-century authors in the genre of horror and the supernatural. The title of this story came from an actual house in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft's hometown. It was built around 1763 and still stands on Benefit Street. The story is a masterpiece of supernatural horror and was descripted by Robert Weinberg as "one of Lovecraft's best short novels."

The Shunned House is the 1937 Novelette by the American author H. P. Lovecraft. It was first published in Weird Tales. The Shunned House is based on an actual house in Providence, Rhode Island, build in the eighteenth century. Lovecraft wrote, “On the northeast corner of Bridge Street and Elizabeth Avenue is a terrible old house—a hellish place where night-black deeds must have been done in the early seventeen-hundreds—with a blackish unpainted surface, unnaturally steep roof, and an outside flight of stairs leading to the second story, suffocatingly embowered in a tangle of ivy so dense that one cannot but imagine it accursed or corpse-fed. It reminded me of the Babbit House in Benefit Street…. Later its image came up again with renewed vividness, finally causing me to write a new horror story with its scene in Providence and with the Babbit House as its basis.” Odin’s Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind’s literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or drama.

The Shunned House by H. P. Lovecraft Edited and Formatted for optional user enjoyment.- Our books are professionally produced and edited to provide the best reading experience- Our books contain unique illustrations that readers can enjoy - Check out our extensive range of top quality books on our site by searching Zellerz Publishing on Amazon Summary From even the greatest of horrors irony is seldom absent. Sometimes it enters directly into the composition of the events, while sometimes it relates only to their fortuitous position among persons and places. The latter sort is splendidly exemplified by a case in the ancient city of Providence, where in the late forties Edgar Allan Poe used to sojourn often during his unsuccessful wooing of the gifted poetess, Mrs. Whitman. Poe generally stopped at the Mansion House in Benefit Street—the renamed Golden Ball Inn whose roof has sheltered Washington, Jefferson, and Lafayette—and his favorite walk led northward along the same street to Mrs. Whitman's home and the neighboring hillside churchyard of St. John's, whose hidden expanse of Eighteenth Century gravestones had for him a peculiar fascination. Here are some of Amazon’s Excellent Reviews - "This story is Lovecraft at his best. It is atmospheric, creepy, and spooky, everything one wants in a scary story.“ Take advantage of our excellent books Get your kindle copy today!

The Shunned House is a horrific story that will haunt you. Written by one of the most influential horror writers of all time, H.P. Lovecraft, this disturbing story leads you to the horror found in the basement of a dark, old house in Providence, Rhode Island.The beginning illustration of the house and the ending illustration of the writer are from the original publication. The ten new illustrations, abstract horror slices, are by A.Gramour.

“Bunch together a group of people deliberately chosen for strong religious feelings, and you have a practical guarantee of dark morbidities expressed in crime, perversion, and insanity.” -H. P. Lovecraft A posthumous story of immense power, written by a master of weird fiction--a tale of a revolting horror in the cellar of an old house in New England. Published posthumously in the October 1937 issue of Weird Tales, "The Shunned House" recounts the history of a vacant house in Providence, Rhode Island. As a child, the unnamed protagonist and his friends would sneak into the cellar where luminescent fungi grew and strange fogs seeped out of the ground. As an adult, he shared his interest with his uncle Dr. Elihu Whipple, who, also fascinated with the mysterious house, provided him with research materials to study. The house was built upon a former burial ground by a sea captain. Over the years his family lived there, members of the household would sicken and died. The people who survived suffered from physical or mental weakness. No one suspected the house of anything more sinister than toxic mold and tainted water. Generations had moved in and died before the house could be abandoned. The protagonist continued to research the house, looking farther back into the records for clues to the reason why the house was so eerily contaminated. What he found spurred him into action – to spend one night with his uncle in the cellar of the shunned house. And that's when things get weird.

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