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Herbert West – Reanimatorполная версия
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The story is the first to mention Lovecraft's fictional Miskatonic University. It is also notable as one of the first depictions of zombies, as corpses arising, through scientific means, as animalistic, and uncontrollably violent creatures.
The story is the first to mention Lovecraft's fictional Miskatonic University. It is also notable as one of the first depictions of zombies, as corpses arising, through scientific means, as animalistic, and uncontrollably violent creatures.
Celephaisполная версия
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"Celephais" was created in a dream by Kuranes (which is his name in dreams—his real name is not given) as a child of the English landed gentry. As a man in his forties, alone and dispossessed in contemporary London, he dreams it again and then, seeki…
"Celephais" was created in a dream by Kuranes (which is his name in dreams—his real name is not given) as a child of the English landed gentry. As a man in his forties, alone and dispossessed in contemporary London, he dreams it again and then, seeki…
Heполная версия
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The story tells of an unnamed narrator, who has moved from New England to New York City and greatly regretted it. One night, while wandering an older part of Greenwich Village, he happens upon a man strangely dressed in garments from the eighteenth c…
The story tells of an unnamed narrator, who has moved from New England to New York City and greatly regretted it. One night, while wandering an older part of Greenwich Village, he happens upon a man strangely dressed in garments from the eighteenth c…
Dagonполная версия
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The story is the testament of a tortured, morphine-addicted man who plans to commit suicide over an incident that occurred early on in World War I when he was a merchant marine officer.
The story is the testament of a tortured, morphine-addicted man who plans to commit suicide over an incident that occurred early on in World War I when he was a merchant marine officer.
Американский претендентполная версия
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«В этой книге нет никакой погоды. Это опыт выпуска в свет книги без погоды. Такая попытка впервые предпринимается в области изящной литературы. Она может потерпеть провал, но упрямому и предприимчивому человеку она могла показаться соблазнительной, и…
«В этой книге нет никакой погоды. Это опыт выпуска в свет книги без погоды. Такая попытка впервые предпринимается в области изящной литературы. Она может потерпеть провал, но упрямому и предприимчивому человеку она могла показаться соблазнительной, и…
Мудрость снежной тропыполная версия
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«Ситка Чарли совершил невозможное. Быть может, другие индейцы не хуже его постигли мудрость снежной тропы, но он один постиг мудрость белого человека – честь тропы и ее закон. Однако это далось ему не в один день. Мозги туземцев туги на обобщения, и …
«Ситка Чарли совершил невозможное. Быть может, другие индейцы не хуже его постигли мудрость снежной тропы, но он один постиг мудрость белого человека – честь тропы и ее закон. Однако это далось ему не в один день. Мозги туземцев туги на обобщения, и …
Жена короляполная версия
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«В старину, когда Север был еще молод, социальные и гражданские добродетели были немногочисленны и весьма просты. Когда бремя домашних забот становилось слишком тягостным и тихая грусть у камелька превращалась в непрерывный протест против мрачного од…
«В старину, когда Север был еще молод, социальные и гражданские добродетели были немногочисленны и весьма просты. Когда бремя домашних забот становилось слишком тягостным и тихая грусть у камелька превращалась в непрерывный протест против мрачного од…
Спасенный браконьерполная версия
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«– Но они не примут никаких извинений. Вы перешли запретную черту, и этого достаточно. Они вас заберут. Вам прямая дорога в Сибирь и в соляные копи. Ну, а Дядя Сэм… как он об этом узнает? Ни одно словечко не долетит до Штатов. „Мэри Томас“ – сообщат …
«– Но они не примут никаких извинений. Вы перешли запретную черту, и этого достаточно. Они вас заберут. Вам прямая дорога в Сибирь и в соляные копи. Ну, а Дядя Сэм… как он об этом узнает? Ни одно словечко не долетит до Штатов. „Мэри Томас“ – сообщат …
Приключение в воздушном мореполная версия
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«Я отставной капитан воздушных морей. Иными словами, когда я был помоложе (а с тех пор прошло не так уж много лет), я был аэронавтом и плавал в воздушном океане, какой окружает нас и протекает над нашими головами. Конечно, это опасная профессия, и, р…
«Я отставной капитан воздушных морей. Иными словами, когда я был помоложе (а с тех пор прошло не так уж много лет), я был аэронавтом и плавал в воздушном океане, какой окружает нас и протекает над нашими головами. Конечно, это опасная профессия, и, р…
A Horse's Taleполная версия
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"A Horse's Tale" is a novel written partially in the voice of Soldier Boy, who is Buffalo Bill's favorite horse, at a fictional frontier outpost with the U.S. 7th Cavalry.
"A Horse's Tale" is a novel written partially in the voice of Soldier Boy, who is Buffalo Bill's favorite horse, at a fictional frontier outpost with the U.S. 7th Cavalry.
The Dreams In The Witch-Houseполная версия
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The story follows Walter Gilman, who takes a room in the Witch House, an accursed house in Akham, Lovecraft's fictional New England town. The house once harbored Keziah Mason, an witch who disappeared mysteriously from a Salem jail in 1692. Gilman di…
The story follows Walter Gilman, who takes a room in the Witch House, an accursed house in Akham, Lovecraft's fictional New England town. The house once harbored Keziah Mason, an witch who disappeared mysteriously from a Salem jail in 1692. Gilman di…
Memoryполная версия
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This story takes place in the ancient valley of Nis, in vegetation-covered stone ruins described by Lovecraft in great detail. These crumbling blocks of monolithic stone now serve only for grey toads and snakes to nest under. Interspersed in the ruin…
This story takes place in the ancient valley of Nis, in vegetation-covered stone ruins described by Lovecraft in great detail. These crumbling blocks of monolithic stone now serve only for grey toads and snakes to nest under. Interspersed in the ruin…
The Music of Erich Zannполная версия
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A university student is forced, by his lack of funds, to take the only lodging he can afford. In a strange part of the city he had never seen before, on a street named "Rue d'Auseil", he finds an apartment in an almost empty building. One of the few …
A university student is forced, by his lack of funds, to take the only lodging he can afford. In a strange part of the city he had never seen before, on a street named "Rue d'Auseil", he finds an apartment in an almost empty building. One of the few …
The Moon Bogполная версия
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The unnamed narrator describes the final fate of his good friend, Denys Barry, an Irish-American who reclaims an ancestral estate in Kilderry, a fictional town in Ireland. Barry ignores pleas from the local peasantry not to drain the nearby bog, with…
The unnamed narrator describes the final fate of his good friend, Denys Barry, an Irish-American who reclaims an ancestral estate in Kilderry, a fictional town in Ireland. Barry ignores pleas from the local peasantry not to drain the nearby bog, with…
Nyarlathotepполная версия
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The story describe the appearance of Nyarlathotep as a "man" of the race of the Pharaohs, who claims to have been dormant for the past twenty-seven centuries, and his subsequent travels from city to city demonstrating his supernatural powers. Whereve…
The story describe the appearance of Nyarlathotep as a "man" of the race of the Pharaohs, who claims to have been dormant for the past twenty-seven centuries, and his subsequent travels from city to city demonstrating his supernatural powers. Whereve…
The Silver Keyполная версия
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Randolph Carter discovers, at the age of 30, that he has gradually "lost the key to the gate of dreams." As he ages, he finds that his daily waking exposure to the more "practical", scientific ideas of man, has eventually eroded his ability to dream …
Randolph Carter discovers, at the age of 30, that he has gradually "lost the key to the gate of dreams." As he ages, he finds that his daily waking exposure to the more "practical", scientific ideas of man, has eventually eroded his ability to dream …
The Quest of Iranonполная версия
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The story is about a golden-haired youth who wanders into the city of Teloth, telling tales of the great city of Aira, where he was prince. While Iranon enjoys singing and telling his tales of wonder, few appreciate it. When a disenfranchised boy nam…
The story is about a golden-haired youth who wanders into the city of Teloth, telling tales of the great city of Aira, where he was prince. While Iranon enjoys singing and telling his tales of wonder, few appreciate it. When a disenfranchised boy nam…
Polarisполная версия
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The story begins with the narrator describing the night sky as observed over long sleepless nights from his window, in particular that of the Pole Star, Polaris, which he describes as "winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to co…
The story begins with the narrator describing the night sky as observed over long sleepless nights from his window, in particular that of the Pole Star, Polaris, which he describes as "winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to co…
The White Shipполная версия
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A lighthouse keeper named Basil Elton engages upon a peculiar fantasy in which a bearded man piloting a mystical white ship is found sailing upon a bridge of moonlight. Elton joins the bearded man on this ship, and together they explore a mystical ch…
A lighthouse keeper named Basil Elton engages upon a peculiar fantasy in which a bearded man piloting a mystical white ship is found sailing upon a bridge of moonlight. Elton joins the bearded man on this ship, and together they explore a mystical ch…
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnполная версия
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Huck Finn escapes from his alcoholic father by faking his own death and so begins his journey through the Deep South, seeking independence and freedom. On his travels, Huck meets an escaped slave, Jim, who is a wanted man, and together they journey d…
Huck Finn escapes from his alcoholic father by faking his own death and so begins his journey through the Deep South, seeking independence and freedom. On his travels, Huck meets an escaped slave, Jim, who is a wanted man, and together they journey d…

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